A devotee lights an oil lamp during the Bala Chaturdashi festival at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, November 21, 2022. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Young girls pose for camera while participating in Ihi ceremony held at Chandeswari Temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal on November 27, 2022. During the ceremony, the young girls aged 5 to 9 years of Newar community are married to an ever-fresh fruit “Bel”, which is considered to be an incarnation of lord Vishnu. Similarly, Bahra (or Gufa) is another ceremony where the young girls are symbolically married to Sun God. It is believed that this ritual prevents girls from the stigma of widowhood as even if their husbands pass away later in life, they would still be married to the gods Vishnu and Sun. (Photo by Amit Machamasi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Landless squatters chant anti-government slogans and scuffle with police as they protest the decision of the authorities to vacate the landless squatters residing in various parts of the city, during a demonstration in Kathmandu on November 28, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





An eagle flies in the sky as the sun rises on a foggy winter morning in Kathmandu, Nepal, 05 December 2022. The temperature of the Kathmandu valley decreases as the winter weather starts to set in. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A group of children wearing traditional attire take part in a procession during a Jyapu Day celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, 08 December 2022. Thousands of the Kathmandu based majority Jyapu ethnic group, community celebrate Jyapu Day all over the country. The Nepalese government has made a national holiday as recognition of Jyapu community. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Newar community girls dressed in a traditional attire take part in a procession to mark “Jyapu Day” celebrations which marks marks the end of the harvest season, in Kathmandu on December 8, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Participants from the Newar community, dressed in traditional attire, take part in the parade to mark Jyapu Day and Yamari Puni festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 8, 2022. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





Participants from the Newar community, dressed in traditional attire, take part in the parade to mark Jyapu Day and Yamari Puni festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 8, 2022. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





A girl from the Newa community looks at camera while participating in “ihi” ceremony in Bhaktapur on December 13, 2022. Before they reach their puberty girls from Newa community are ceremonially married to a bael fruit (wood apple), which is considered to be a symbol of Lord Vishnu. (Photo by Amit Machamasi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Girls dressed up as Living Goddess Kumari perform during 28th Metropolitan Day organized by Kathmandu Metropolitan City in Kathmandu on December 15, 2022. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





Nepal police personnel stands guard at the entrance of Central Jail where Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as "the serpent" accused of killing over 20 young Western backpackers across Asia, is kept, as Supreme Court has ordered his release in Kathmandu, Nepal ON December 22, 2022. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese police escort Charles Sobhraj, in brown cap, to the immigration office, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, December 23, 2022. Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been released from prison in Nepal after serving most of his sentence. Sobhraj was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu to the Department of Immigration under heavy guard Friday after the Supreme Court ordered him to be released because of poor health and good behavior. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Members of indigenous Gurung community wearing traditional attire takes part with others in a New Year celebration ceremony known as “Tamu Lhosar” in Kathmandu on December 30, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Members of indigenous Gurung community wearing traditional attire takes part with others in a New Year celebration ceremony known as “Tamu Lhosar” in Kathmandu on December 30, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Buddhist woman offers prayers with beads on her hand during Monlam prayers at Sherpa monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, January 2, 2023. Monlam is an annual event where Buddhist monks pray for world peace. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Buddhist monks offer a prayer during Monlam prayers at Sherpa monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, January 2, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Devotees take holy bath during the first day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on January 6, 2023. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





Hindu devotees warm themselves around bonfires after bathing in the Shali river during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival, marked with an auspicious bathing hoping for a prosperous life and conjugal happiness, in Sankhu on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 6, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees prepare to take a holy dip in the Sali river during Madhav Narayan festival in Sankhu, northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, January 6, 2023. During the festival, devotees recite holy scriptures dedicated to Hindu goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva. Unmarried women pray to get a good husband while those married pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a month-long fast. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Locals watch the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, January15, 2023. A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reports. The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew members. (Photo by Ashish Puri/AP Photo)