A boy has his face covered in colored powder during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A girl plays in a pond during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Traditional dancers with their masks look on before their performance during “Nawa Durga Nach” Hindu dance festival in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 28, 2024. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee sits in open area at the Chobar Machhindranath temple in Kirtipur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 2, 2024. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A monkey scales a wall as air pollution engulfs the Kathmandu Valley in Kathmandu, Nepal, 07 April 2024. Nepal's capital Kathmandu is ranked among the world's most polluted cities, with PM2.5 levels reaching 169 micrograms per cubic meter on 07 April, according to IQ AirVisual, a Swiss group that collects air-quality data daily from around the world. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





Artists perform during the traditional Newari community music festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, April 8, 2024. The festival was organized by the Shree Nasa Heima Baja Khala group with the aim to highlight the rich heritage of local Newari traditional dance and music. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Girls dressed as living goddess Kumari participate in a traditional Newari community music festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, April 8, 2024. The festival was organized by the Shree Nasa Heima Baja Khala group with the aim to highlight the rich heritage of local Newari traditional dance and music. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A group of the Newari community performs a traditional musical dance at the Nyatapole temple premises in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 08 April 2024, ahead of the Biska Jatra, the Nepali New Year festival. The “Biska Jatra” is celebrated in the hope of protection from all natural calamities and support for a good harvest for the coming year, which marks 2081 in the Nepali calendar, especially by the ethnic Newar communities in Bhaktapur. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Policemen baton charge supporters of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, or national democratic party during a protest demanding a restoration of Nepal's monarchy in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Riot police used batons and tear gas to halt thousands of supporters of Nepal's former king demanding the restoration of the monarchy and the nation's former status as a Hindu state. Weeks of street protests in 2006 forced then King Gyanendra to abandon his authoritarian rule and introduce democracy. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese police use a water cannon as they clash with activists of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) during a pro-monarchy rally in front of the Singh Durbar in Kathmandu, Nepal, 09 April 2024. Police and protesters clashed after activists of the RPP, a pro-monarchy party, tried to stage a demonstration at the restricted area of Singh Durbar building, where government's offices are located, demanding the restoration of the monarchy and Hindu state, as well as abolition of the federal system. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





People from Newari community carry chariots of three Goddesses Kankeshwori, Bhadrakali and Sankata wearing colorful caps during the chariot festival at Ason in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 9, 2024. The festival is celebrated every year by Newar community a day after Ghodejatra to conclude the three-day long “Pahan Chahre” festival, which is one of the religious festivals of Nepal celebrated with particular fervor in Kathmandu. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Muslims attend mass prayers during Eid al-Fitr at a mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Phoot by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese people sing, dance, and smear vermilion-colored powder on each other during the “Sindoor Jatra” festival as part of the Bisket Jatra festival in Thimi, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, 14 April 2024. Thousands of Nepalese gathered to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival which is also celebrated to mark the Nepali New Year 2081, especially in the ethnic Newar communities in Bhaktapur. During the festival, ethnic Newar devotees visit temples, carry a chariot of Hindu gods and goddesses, and smear vermilion-colored powder on each other's faces. It is celebrated in the hope of protection from all-natural calamities and support for a good harvest for the coming year. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





A devotee smiles while being smeared with vermilion powder as he celebrates the “Sindoor Jatra” vermillion powder festival to welcome the arrival of spring and Nepali New Year at Thimi in Bhaktapur, Nepal on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees play traditional musical instruments as they celebrate “Sindoor Jatra” vermillion powder festival to welcome the arrival of spring and Nepali New Year at Thimi in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A person rides on a bicycle along a road as the sun sets in Kathmandu, Nepal, 26 April 2024. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





A tourist poses for a photo at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Police officers douse a forest fire in Shivapuri National Park on the outskirts of of in Lalitpur, Nepal, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. According to Lalitpur District Police a person passed away after sustaining injuries while attempting to put out the fire. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A policeman douses a forest fire in Shivapuri National Park on the outskirts of of in Lalitpur, Nepal, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Sun rays amongst the trees during a forest fire near Godawari village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, 02 May 2024. In recent days, Nepal has been battling hundreds of forest fires across the country which have destroyed hundreds of homes. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, at least 10 people have been killed in the forest fires that have also caused air pollution in the capital Kathmandu. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)