People try to cross the Bagmati River to avoid the crowded bridge at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, reads a holy book at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepali Buddhist devotees throw flour during the celebrations to mark the third day of the Lhosar Nepali Buddist and Tibetan's New Year in the area of Boudhanath Stupa temple in Kathmandu on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Tibetan woman adjusts her traditional headgear as she stands near the portrait of spiritual leader Dalai Lama during a function organized to mark “Losar” or the Tibetan New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Tibetan man wearing a traditional headgear gets help ahead of the function organized to mark “Losar” or the Tibetan New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A young man throws water on pedestrians during the Holi Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, 06 March 2023. Holi, also known as the 'Festival of Colors', marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over Nepal and neighboring India. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People gather to celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colours at Bashantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 06, 2023. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





A girl reacts while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colours in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 06, 2023. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





A man reacts while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colours in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 06, 2023. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





People throw coloured powder as they celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colours in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 06, 2023. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





A foreigner reacts while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colours in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 06, 2023. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





Travelers smear colors onto each other while celebrating Fagu Purnima known as Holi, the festival of colors in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, March 6, 2023. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





A Nepalese child reacts during the Holi Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, 06 March 2023. Holi, also known as the “Festival of Colors”, marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over Nepal and neighboring India. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





Women smeared with colors sing and dance on a street as they celebrate Holi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 6, 2023. (Photo by Bikram Rai/AP Photo)





Presidential candidate Subhas Nembang of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) waves before casting his vote for Nepal's new president in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Nepal's parliament members lined up Thursday to elect a new president the third one since the Himalayan nation abolished a centuries-old monarchy and the country was turned into a republic. The election for the president has fuelled feuds among the main political parties and triggered political uncertainty. (Photo by Bikram Ra/AP Photoi)





A window cleaner hangs from ropes along the side of a high-rise building to in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A sparrow feeds its nestlings inside a hole in a building while waiting for food in Lalitpur, Nepal on Friday, March 17, 2023. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Hindu devotees participate in the “Pahchare” chariot festival in Kathmandu on March 22, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Nepalese Muslim man has kohl applied to his eyelid at a mosque as he arrives for the mass prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 24, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A man on a motorcycle crosses a suspension bridge over the Bagmati river in Lalitpur, Nepal, Monday, March 27, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)