Hindu devotees worship a cow – regarded as an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of prosperity Laxmi – during Tihar, the festival of lights that is celebrated at the same time as Diwali, in Kathmandu on November 15, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Student of Yuba Pratibha School, wearing a face shield and masks at school during a coronavirus pandemic in Kathmandu, Nepal, 26 November 2020. The head Teacher of Yuba Pratibha School, Yanga Raj Dahal, started to conduct classes for students, who can’t afford and attend online classes, with strict sanitary regime, providing also free face masks and shields for students. However majority of schools have been conducting online classes in Nepal from 19 March 2020 as part of precautionary measures against the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Shoppers crowd at market at Ashon, one of the busiest marketplaces in the country, during Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 13, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A worker makes a broom at a workshop ahead of the Tihar festival, also known as Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 6, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A woman makes earthenware oil lamps or “Diyo” for the upcoming festival of Tihar, also known as Diwali, in Bhaktapur, Nepal on November 8, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A man attired as deity performs traditional mask dance during Navadurga Nach festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on October, 31, 2020. (Photo by Rojan Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A Nepalese mountain guide plies up oxygen cylinders at the Seven Summit trekking agency in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, November 2, 2020. Nepal has reopened its peaks and trails for foreign adventurers in hopes of providing much needed income for hundreds of thousands of guides, porters and workers who have been unemployed for months because of the pandemic. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A youth activist wearing a face mask gestures during a protest against the increasing cases of Rape in the country at a flash mob in Kathmandu, NepalKathmandu, Nepal on November 7, 2020. The incidence of rape has been increasing over the years with the previous fiscal year 2019/20 recording 2,144 cases of rape and 687 cases of rape attempt where most victims were minor girls. (Photo by Sujan Shrestha/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)





A Hindu priest stands in front of a fire at the Baramahini Temple during the tenth day of Dashain festival in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on October 26, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A woman harvests marigold flowers ahead of the upcoming Tihar (Diwali) festival in Ichangu Narayan village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on November 9, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A woman carries a basket filled with marigold flowers, used to make garlands and offer prayers, before selling them to the market for Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 12, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A woman harvests marigold flowers ahead of the upcoming Hindu Tihar (Diwali) festival in Ichangu Narayan village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on November 12, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Light Illuminate Kathmandu valley during the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 14, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Newari people dance in a traditional tunes along with the face mask during the parade of Nhu Dan the Newari New Year, which falls on Tihar or Deepawali and Dewali Festival of Lights at Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, November 16, 2020. Only limited numbers of people from Newar community joined due to covid pandemic in Newari New Year 1141 parade. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Hindu devotees take part in a ritual during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu on November 19, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP)





Hindu devotees light sparklers before worshipping the rising sun during the Chhath Festival, at the Bagmati River in Kathmandu on November 21, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Students maintaining social distance and wearing protective face masks attend their grade 12 exams, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 24, 2020. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese devotee tighten religious rope consists of flower, fruits and holy grains at the Pashupatinath Temple during Haribodhini Ekadashi celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, November 26, 2020. People celebrate it by fasting and worshipping Tulsi or Vishnu. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Hindu devotees worship a dog as part of offerings for Tihar which is the local name for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a dog care centre in Kathmandu on November 14, 2020. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)