Nepalese people gather after getting out of their homes following an early morning earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, 07 January 2025. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/EPA/EFE)





Rescuers transfer injured people at Zhacun Village of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, 07 January 2025. At least of 95 people have been confirmed dead and 130 others injured during the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Dingri County in the city of Xigaze in in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 9:05 a.m. (Beijing Time) on January 7, according to regional disaster relief headquarters. (Photo by Liu Yousheng/EPA/EFE)





Tibetan people gather to offer prayers in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the recent earthquake, at a Tibetan camp in Lalitpur, Nepal, on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Devotees take holy dips in the Sali river during Madhav Narayan festival in Sankhu, northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, January 13, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Hindu boys attend Bratabandha, a coming of age ceremony, at the Pashupati temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 15 January 2025. During the Bratabandha religious ceremony, boys shave their heads, beard and perform rituals for about four to five hours, symbolically meaning they are now mature enough to perform their duties as grown men. Following the ritual, they are each given a janai, or sacred thread, and are henceforth expected to abide by the rules and norms of full-aged men, taking an active part in religious ceremonies, last rites rituals, marriages, etc. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Nepalese women stand on the banks of the Bagmati river to take a holy bath during the month-long Swasthani Bratakatha festival, dedicated to Goddess Swasthani and Lord Madhav Narayan, at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday, January 29, 2025. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





Devotees holding water pots wait to fill water from the polluted Bagmati River, which they consider to be holy, as they avoid taking a holy dip due to the contamination in water during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese Hindu devotee takes a holy bath in the Salinadi River during the month-long Madhav Narayan festival in Sankhu, Nepal, 31 January 2025. The festival is a month-long event devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, which is dedicated to the deities Shiva and Swastania. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





In this photograph taken on February 3, 2025, people ride on cable cars at Chandragiri hilltop on the outskirts of Kathmandu. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A girl asks for chalk Monday, February 3, 2025 as she prepares to write on the wall of a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, during a Hindu festival dedicated to Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of wisdom. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A woman writes her name in a notebook provided by her teacher before the start of a class at the Ujyalo Community learning center in Kathmandu, Nepal, February 3, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A girl smiles as she writes on the wall of a Saraswati temple during the Shreepanchami festival, dedicated to the goddess of education Saraswati in belief that the goddess will help devotees excel in education, in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 3, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Young children perform a traditional dance for Britain's Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh duirng a visit to Maiti Nepal, a non-profit organization in Nepal dedicated to helping the victims of human trafficking in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, February 5, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, interacts with Gurkha graduates and their family members during the annual attestation parade at the British Gurkha Camp during day four of their official tour to Nepal on February 07, 2025 in Pokhara, Nepal. The parade celebrates over 200 years of partnership between the UK and Nepal and the service of Gurkhas in the British Army. About 13,000 Nepalis apply and only 270 graduate. The visit celebrates close relations between the UK and Nepal. Previously, King Charles visited Nepal in 1998, and Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited in 1986. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)





Gurkhas ahead of a photo with the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh during the Attestation Parade, in Pokhara, on day four of their trip to Nepal on Friday, February 7, 2025. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)





Devotees perform religious rituals by splashing holy water during the Madhav Narayan Festival, a month-long event dedicated to Lord Madhav Narayan, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu in Thacho, Lalitpur, Nepal on February 10, 2025. Devotees also carry butter lamps and blow conch shells (shankha) as part of the sacred observance. (Photo by Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire)





Women wash clothes used by devotees after taking a holy dip at the Hanumante River during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees gather beside a fire before taking a holy bath at the Hanumante River during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees take holy dip at the Hanumante River during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, takes part in a procession ahead of the Shivaratri festival at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)