A farmer harvests globe amaranth flowers to make garlands ahead of the upcoming Tihar festival at Gundu village in Bhaktapur district on the outskirts of Kathmandu on October 28, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Nepalese women pick marigold flowers to make garlands to sell for the upcoming Tihar festival on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Marigold garlands are used as offerings to Hindu deities as well as for decorative purposes during Tihar festival. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A one horned rhino walks freely at the street of the Sauraha, one of the tourist destinations near Chitwan National Park, Chitwan, Nepal, 30 October 2021. One horned rhinos have been spotted in human settlement areas in last couple of years, said Ramji Khatiwada, a local of Sauraha. Most rhino comes to the area about 3 to 4 pm to feed on grass and vegetables of local farmers and return towards national park in an early morning, said, Khatiwada. However, a local newspaper reported that rhino have been ventured outside the national park because the national park is losing the favorite grassland and wetland of rhinos due to the climate change. According to the National rhino counting 2021 result, Nepal's rhino population has reached 752. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A young girl is splashed as she takes an elephant bath at Rapti river in Chitwan, Nepal, 30 October 2021. Chitwan is one of the major tourist destinations in Nepal and popular zone for wild life sightseeing in Chitwan National Park. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A dog performs tricks during Kukur Tihar as part of Tihar celebrations, at police canine training centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 3, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepal Army dog handler with his dog display training skills during an event to mark the Hindu Tihar festival similar as Diwali at the Nepal Army Police Dog Training School in Sano Thimi on the outskirts of Kathmandu on November 3, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Nepalese woman puts marigold petals on a police dog during Tihar festival celebrations at a kennel division in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Dogs are worshipped to acknowledge their role in providing security during the second day of Tihar festival, one of the most important Hindu festivals that is also dedicated to the worship of Hindu goddess of wealth Laxmi. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A woman fills her basket with freshly picked marigold flowers, used to make garlands, and offer prayers, before selling them to the market for the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 2, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A woman carrying empty baskets walks through the field as she heads to pick marigold flowers, used to make garlands, and offer prayers, before selling them to the market for the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 2, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A dog smeared with vermilion powder sits with his handler after being worshipped during Kukur Tihar as part of Tihar celebrations, at police canine training centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 3, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A woman offers prayers to a cow during Gai Tihar as part of Tihar celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 4, 2021. (Photo by Monika Deupala/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee worships a cow regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess Laxmi during Tihar, the festival of lights that is celebrated at the same time as Diwali, in Kathmandu on November 4, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee worship a cow regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess Laxmi during Tihar, the festival of lights that is celebrated at the same time as Diwali, in Kathmandu on November 4, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Women from ethnic Newar community gesture during a cultural rally in celebration of the New Year 1142 of Nepal Sambat in Kathmandu on November 5, 2021. Nepal Sambat, founded by Shankhadhar Sakhwa, is a national lunar calendar of Nepal which begins every year on “Mha Puja”, the fourth day of Tihar festival. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Nepalese woman offers prayers to the setting Sun on the bank of Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, November 10, 2021. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Adults wait for children receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Nepalese authorities on Monday reported the first cases of the omicron variant in the Himalayan nation. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo/File)





Firefighters work to douse a fire in a warehouse where blankets were stored in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 3, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese devotees reinstall the stone statue of Laxmi-Narayan at a temple in Patan city, Nepal, 04 December 2021. The rare stone statue of Laxmi-Narayan believed to be 800 years old was stolen in 1984 and later spotted at the Dallas Museum of Art. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) handed over the statue to the Nepal embassy in Washington, USA, on 06 March 2021. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A stone statue of Laxmi-Narayan is pictured which was recently installed on its original place in Patan on December 5, 2021. Stone statue of Laxmi-Narayan believed to be 800 years old was stolen in 1984 and later spotted at the Dallas Museum of Art. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) handed over the statue to the Nepal embassy in Washington, USA. (Photo by Amit Machamasi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)