A Hindu devotee worships the door of Taleju temple at Hanuman Dhoka Durbar square in Kathmandu on June 28, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Elderly women sit inside a classroom as they wait to receive a second dose of Covishield COVID-19 vaccine at Karyabinayak School in Lalitpur, Nepal, 23 June 2021. The Lalitpur Metropolitan City started inoculating a second dose of Covishield vaccine for people over 77 years of age. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Frontline health workers bid farewell to visually impaired 74 years old Kaile Tamang after recovering from COVID-19 at Radha Soami COVID Isolation & Oxygen Therapy Center in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, June 25, 2021. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People gather on higher ground as flood water from the swollen Melamchi river enters the village in Sindhupalchok, Nepal, June 16, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Residents stand along the banks of the overflowed Melamchi River following heavy monsoon rains in Sindhupalchok, some 70 km northeast of Kathmandu on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Locals gather their belongings as they move towards higher ground from the flood affected area in Sindhupalchok, Nepal, June 16, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A man stands on higher ground while partially submerged houses on the bank of Melamchi river stand in the background, in Sindhupalchok, Nepal on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepali army helicopter hovers above houses during a rescue mission as floodwater from the swollen Melamchi river enters the village in Sindhupalchok, Nepal, June 16, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People stand on the roof of a house as flood water from the swollen Melamchi river enters the village in Sindhupalchok, Nepal on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A window of a partially submerged house is seen as flood water from the swollen Melamchi river enters the village in Sindhupalchok, Nepal, June 16, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A man works to retrieve belongings from a house partially submerged in mud after the area was hit by flash floods along the bank of Melamchi River in Sindhupalchok, Nepal on June 20, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Narayan Prasad Dulal offers prayers on the statue of Lord Shiva submerged in mud after the area was hit by flash floods along the bank of Melamchi River in Sindhupalchok, Nepal on June 20, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Debris is seen through the window of a house after the area was hit by flash floods along the bank of Melamchi River in Sindhupalchok, Nepal June 20, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Tibetans dressed in traditional attire perform rituals during a function organised to mark the 86th birthday celebration of Dalai Lama in Lalitpur, Nepal, July 6, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A farmer carries rice samplings as she prepares to plant them on a field, a day ahead of National Paddy Day, also called Asar Pandra, that marks the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives in Bhaktapur, Nepal on June 28, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa, center, distributes ration to fellow guides, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 7, 2021. Most Sherpa guides in Nepal famed for the climbing skills have had little or no work guiding foreign trekkers on Nepal's mountains because of the pandemic but trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa is spending his savings to help fellow guides and workers who are struggling for their livelihood. (Photo by Bikram Rai/AP Photo)





Nepalese protestors affiliated with wings of main opposition political parties burn an effigy of Nepalese president Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli during an anti-government protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, 01 July 2021. Nepalese student activists protested amidst Coronavirus lockdown, against Prime Minister KP-Oli government's act of dissolving the House of Representatives. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





People splash mud water in a paddy field on National Paddy Day in Tokha village, on the outskirt of capital Kathmandu, Nepal, 29 June 2021. Nepal is celebrating National Paddy Day with various events on 29 June. On this day, known as Asar Pandra, farmers begin the annual rice planting season and mark the day with various festivities such as preparing rice meals with muddy water, mud being a symbol for a prosperous season. Sixty percent of Nepal's agriculture industry relies on monsoon rain while 40 percent is carried out through irrigation. Agriculture is a major contributor to the country's GDP. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A fruit vendor waits for customers during the monsoon rainfall in Kathmandu, Nepal, 08 July 2021. Meteorologists warned of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal that put several areas of the country at risk of floods and landslides. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)