A Nepalese farmer harvests wheat during nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of Coronavirus in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, May 18, 2020. Nepal's government on Sunday decided to extend the lockdown to June 2. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Mud-covered farmers play in a rice paddy field during “National Paddy Day”, which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2020. Farmers in Nepal celebrate National Paddy Day as the annual rice planting season begins. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A protester uses a hand sanitizer as he lies on the ground demanding better handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, June 20, 2020. Hundreds participated demanding increased testing and protesting alleged corruption by government officials while purchasing equipment and testing kits. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepali housewife Shiba Kala Limbu peels potatoes to cook as her five-year-old daughter Masim Limbu enters the room in Kathmandu, Nepal June 25, 2020. More than 56 percent of Nepal's estimated 5.4 million households receive remittances that are a vital lifeline for thousands of families, who are without any other source of income, according to official figures. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese man gives blessed flower to his child at a small temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, May 25, 2020. Nepal's lockdown imposed on March 24 to stop the spread of the coronavirus has been extended to June 2. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A woman covered in mud smiles in a rice paddy field during the National Paddy Day in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 29, 2020. Nepalese farmers celebrate National Paddy Day which marks the start of the annual rice planting season. (Photo by Bivas Shrestha/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A day laborer takes a nap during the 72nd consecutive day of the lockdown imposed in a bid to slow down the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Kathmandu, Nepal, 04 June 2020. Day laborers are among the hardest-hit by the government's coronavirus restrictions. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Nepalese police officers using batons detain demonstrators during a protest against the Indian government in front of Parliament Building in Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 May 2020, amid a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Dozens of youths from the 'Save Border Movement' staged protests to mount pressure on the Nepali government to take necessary measures against India's unilateral construction of a link road connecting India with Mansarovar of Tibet, China via the Lipulekh region, a Nepali territory, according to media reports. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Protesters get hit by a water cannon during a protest near the Prime Minister's official residence, demanding better and effective response from the government to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as the number of infections spikes, in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 9, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese youths brave the water cannon during a protest near the Prime Minister's official residence, demanding better and effective response from the government to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as the number of infections spikes, in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 11, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People play in the mud as they plant rice saplings during National Paddy Day also called Asar Pandra, that marks the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Beautiful mountains seen from Kathmandu during complete nationwide lockdown as concerns about the spread of Corona Virus (COVID-19) in Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday, May 10, 2020. The nationwide lockdown has resulted decreased air pollution level of Kathmandu Valley, which consistently ranks among the most polluted cities in the world. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A construction worker carries a cooking gas cylinder with his baby on his shoulders as he makes his way through a closed market during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Kathmandu on May 29, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Nepali migrant worker previously stranded in Kuwait (C) due to restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pushing her luggage on a cart arrives as security personnel guide her at the Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu on June 11, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





People stand in queues as they wait to be tested for a coronavirus test at Kalimati vegetable market during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Kathmandu on May 14, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A woman offering grains toward Pigeons during ongoing nationwide lockdown as concerns about the spread of Corona Virus (COVID-19) in Ason, Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, June 05, 2020. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Nepalese army soldiers wearing face masks wait for the president in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 15, 2020. Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari presented the government's policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year on Friday. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Yoga instructor Suzana Pradhan performs a yoga posture at a rooftop in her house during International Yoga Day, in Kathmandu on June 21, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A woman enjoys the waterfall at Jhor, Kathmandu on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by Rojan Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Farmers take a break for lunch while celebrating National Paddy Day, also called Asar Pandra, that marks the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)