Nepalese Hindu devotees wearing masks offer prayers from outside the closed gate of Pashupatinath temple during the holy month of Shrawan in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 20, 2020. The temple has been remaining closed for almost four months as part of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by NIranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A volunteer provides free face masks to children who have come to see Machindranath chariot festival, which was postponed at the last minute as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus in Lalitpur, Nepal, Saturday, July 25, 2020. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese bus driver disinfects his vehicle before starting service in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. After restrictions on public transportation for almost four month to control the spread of the new coronavirus, Nepal's government has allowed public vehicles to operate within certain districts and inside Kathmandu valley, following safety norms. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese Transgender s*x worker Sunita Lama puts on makeup inside her room before going out on the street in Kathmandu, Nepal, 13 July 2020 (issued 21 July 2020). Across South Asia, the LGBTQI community continues to face varying degrees of discrimination. Attitudes are slowly shifting in Nepal and India, where same-s*x unions were decriminalised two years ago. Bu elsewhere across the region, particularly in countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka, homosexuality is still considered a moral crime amid pervading religious conservatism. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A boy uses a plate to clear water entering his house as the river overflows due to incessant rainfall at a slum along the bank of Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 20, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese man cleans the window of a restaurant at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Nepal’s government has ended a lockdown 120 days after it was imposed to control the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A protester sits with a candle and flag while keeping a safe distance during a demonstration on July 2, 2020 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepalese people have gathered to protest peacefully under covid 19 precautions, against the government's inefficiency in handling the coronavirus pandemic crisis. (Photo by Bivas Shrestha/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)





Hindu Disciple worship their guru Naraharinath on the occasion of Guru purnima or full moon day dedicated to the Guru or masters in one's life at Gorakhnath Temple in Pashupatinath, Kathmandu on Sunday, July 05, 2020. (Photo by Rojan Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A shop vendor weaving glass beads as the month of Shrawan begins in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 16, 2020. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Residents of Khokana and Bungamati work on their fields as part of a protest against the acquisition of their land for a road project, which they say will displace their traditional settlement, and to express their dissatisfaction with the government for not providing them with adequate compensation, in Lalitpur, Nepal on July 18, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Residents and rescue workers inspect the area outside a house damaged by a landslide and the swell of the Thado-Koshi river due to heavy rains in Jambu village of Sindhupalchok district, some 80 kms northeast of Kathmandu on July 9, 2020. Two people died and several others have gone missing, local media reported. (Photo by Niroj Chaoulagain/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee holds up offerings in honour to the Hindu Lord Shiva during Shravan festivities at the Shiva temple in Kathmandu on July 20, 2020. According to the Nepali calendar, Shravan is considered the holiest month of the year with each Monday of the month known as Shravan Somvar, when worshippers offer prayers for a happy and prosperous life. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Nepalese farmer plants paddy saplings on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, June 28, 2020. According to the farmers, paddy plantation around the outskirts of Kathmandu is almost complete because of the early arrival of monsoon rains. Agriculture is the main source of food, income, and employment for the majority of people in this Himalayan nation. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese Hindu woman wears a face mask as she prays to Lord Shiva during the first day of the Sarwan Brata festival, the month of fasting, at the Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 20 July 2020. Despite Temples are closed due to Coronavirus pandemic Nepalese Hindu women gathered outside the temple premises to worship Lord Shiva. Each Monday of the Sawan month (spanning from 16 July to 16 August) they pray for a long and prosperous life of their husbands or for a chance to find a good one. The fasting is undertaken every Monday exclusively by women by worshipping Lord Shiva. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A Nepalese Buddhist monk wearing face mask walks past a Nepalese flag displayed outside a curio shop in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Nepal’s government has ended a lockdown 120 days after it was imposed to control the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A local market getting busy and crowded as the lockdown came to an end in Kathmandu on July 23, 2020. Nepal government has formally ended the nationwide lockdown enforced from March 24th to stem the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Prabin Ranabhat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)





A Nepalese man takes selfie on the banks of flooded Bagmati river in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Landslides and flooding caused by continuous heavy rainfall has blocked the main highway that connects Nepal's capital to most of the Himalayan nation blocking trucks bringing fuel and supplies, officials said Tuesday. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese policemen wearing masks direct traffic in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Nepal’s government has ended a lockdown 120 days after it was imposed to control the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A girl walks along rice paddy fields during “National Paddy Day”, which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2020. Splashing mud and drinking local rice beer, Nepali farmers this week celebrated National Paddy Day to mark the beginning of the rice-planting season, despite some coronavirus lockdown measures still in place. Traditional farming songs and laughter echoed in the air as farmers waded into waterlogged fields to sow green paddy. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Peoples burn an effigy of mythical demon Ghanta Karna during the Ghantakarna festival amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on July 19, 2020. Peoples believed that the festival wards off evil spirits, and brings peace and prosperity in their lives. In this festival, people worship and offer sacrifices to demons and supernatural power. (Photo by Prabin Ranabhat/SOPA Images)