Nirmal Purja one of the team member of the all-Nepalese mountaineering team that became the first to scale Mount K2 in winter receives a scarf as they arrive at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, January 26, 2021. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Friends and family members wait to receive the all-Nepalese mountaineering team that became the first to scale Mount K2 in winter as they arrive at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, January 26, 2021. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees perform rituals as they bathe in the Shali River during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, marked with auspicious bathing in water bodies hoping for a prosperous life and conjugal happiness, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 28, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A devotee sits at the bank of Hanumante River as he offers prayers during the first day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on January 28, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the ground during the first day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on January 28, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee bathes in the Shali River during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, marked with auspicious bathing in water bodies hoping for a prosperous life and conjugal happiness, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 28, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees take part in a bathing ritual during the month-long Swasthani festival at the Hanumante River in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on February 08, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Devotees take a holy bath at Bagmati River in Pashupatinath Temple during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, February 11, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A supporter of a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party dressed as Lakhey (A demon in Nepalese folklore) takes part in a rally during mass gathering against the dissolution of parliament, in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 10, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Great cormorant birds perch on tree branches as the sun rises during a misty morning at Taudaha Lake, on the outskirts of the Kathmandu valley, Nepal, 20 January 2021. Nepal, due to its favorable breeding environment, is a destination for migratory birds coming from South East Asia as well as from Africa and Australia. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





An activist of the Nepalese Communist party paints the face before a mass protest against the Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in Kathmandu, Nepal, 22 January 2021. Thousands of activists of the Nepal communist party gathered in Kathmandu defying coronavirus restrictions to protest against the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli government's move of dissolving the House of Representatives. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Rriot police stand guard during a pro-government rally in support of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in Kathmandu, Nepal, 05 February 2021. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A protester from the civil society lies down in front of policemen during a demonstration against the dissolution of the country's parliament in Kathmandu on January 25, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A flock of pigeons rests at the premises of Boudhanath Stupa, a UNESCO's world heritage site in Kathmandu, Nepal on January 17, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A girl writes on the wall of a Saraswati temple during the Shreepanchami festival dedicated to goddess of education Saraswati in belief that the goddess will help devotees excel in education, in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 16, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Supporters of a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party sing and dance as they hold candles after Nepal's top court ordered the reinstatement of the nation's parliament, in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 23, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese Buddhist monks play traditional instruments during a procession after the body of Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, arrived at the Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, January 17, 2021. The Tibetan Buddhist religious teacher died in Singapore on Dec 18, 2020. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A policeman watches as an aircraft from India carrying Covishield, AstraZeneca-Oxford's Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine made by India's Serum Institute, arrives at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on January 21, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





People commute on motorbikes during a smoggy evening as the air quality of Kathmandu reaches hazardous levels, Nepal on January 4, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese activists of the Nepal Communist party demonstrate against move to dissolve parliament in front of the Prime minister office in Kathmandu, Nepal, 07 February 2021. Activists of All Nepal Federation Student Union (ANFSU), a student wing of Nepal communist party, protest against the Prime Minister government's move of dissolving the House of Representatives. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)