A devotee takes a holy dip in the Bagmati River before offering prayers to the Hindu god Shiva at the Pashupatinath Temple during Shravan festivities on the outskirts of Kathmandu on August 4, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Participants are framed by a bouquet of of balloons before the start of the Pride Parade in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 10, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A devotee performs on August 11, 2025 the Nagadesh Bhaila Pyakhan, a tantric dance revived after a 12-year gap since it was last staged, in Nagadesh, Thimi. The ritual performance, rooted in Newar tradition, will be held over four consecutive days, featuring symbolic movements, traditional music, and elaborate costumes to honor the deities and preserve centuries-old cultural heritage. (Photo by Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Devotees carry a chariot with the Hindu god Bhimshen at Durbar Square during the “Bhimshen Jatra” festival in Lalitpur on August 17, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Newar Buddhist devotees worship Dipankara Buddha during the Panchadaan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on August 21, 2025. Known as the festival of five summer gifts, Panchadaan is a sacred ritual in which devotees honour Dipankara Buddha and offer five traditional alms in monastic courtyards and community squares. (Photo by Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Women adorn traditional red sarees as they dance to celebrate the Hindu festival of 'Teej' after offering prayers to Lord Shiva at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu on August 26 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Nepalese woman wearing red attire worships Lord Shiva, god of creation and destruction, during the Teej festival at Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 26 August 2025. Married and unmarried Nepalese women celebrate Teej to pray for a long and prosperous life for their current or future husbands. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





Nepalese people offer holy maize grains to pigeons at the premises of Boudhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 27, 2025. (Photo by Sanjit Pariyar/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Sadhus or Hindu holy men rest at Pashupatinath temple complex in Kathmandu on August 27, 2025. Nepal's Supreme Court has ruled that naked Hindu holy men need not wear clothes to attend a revered temple, declaring that their age-old tradition of nudity is not obscenity. The ash-smeared and dreadlocked ascetics known as Naga sadhus – devotees of the Hindu deity Shiva who renounce their family and worldly possessions, including clothing – said on August 27 that they welcomed the top court decision. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Traditional masked dancers perform on the first day of the Indra Jatra festival at Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu on September 4, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A girl adorned as a Living Goddess smiles as she takes part in a mass Kumari Puja prayer rituals during Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, September 5, 2025. Hundreds of young girls under the age of nine gathered around the temple to offer worship for good luck, protection from evil and prevent from diseases. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Press Wire via Alamy Live News)





A daily wage worker carries traditional grass broom as he walks in the street in Kathmandu, Nepal, 05 September 2025. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





A demonstrator hurls a tear smoke shell towards members of riot police during a protest against corruption and the government’s decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A riot police officer fires teargas towards the demonstrators during a protest against corruption and the government's decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Demonstrators jump out from the boundary wall of the parliament after being chased away by the riot police during a protest against corruption and the government's decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A demonstrator jumps from the gate of the Parliament during a protest against corruption and the government’s decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A riot police officer is taken to the hospital after being injured during a protest against corruption and the government’s decision to block several social media platforms, outside the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Riot police personnel try to detain a demonstrator during a protest against corruption and the government’s decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Demonstrators carry an injured police personnel during a protest outside the Parliament in Kathmandu on September 8, 2025, held to condemn the government over social media prohibitions and corruption. Nepal police fired tear gas and water cannon on September 8, to disperse thousands of demonstrators demanding the government lift its ban on social media and tackle corruption in the country. (Photo by Prabin Ranabhat/AFP Photo)





A protester wearing flak jacket and carrying a shield snatched from a policeman shouts slogans at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government's various ministries and offices during a protest against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, September 9, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)