Supporters of Nepal’s Prime minister Khadga Prasad Oli protest after Supreme Court reinstated the House of Representatives and upheld the leader of the opposition's claim to be the new prime minister in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 12, 2021. Monday’s court order would remove Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, who had been running a caretaker government until planned elections. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese worker cleans algae at the Kamal Pokhari pond in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Kamal Pokhari pond is one of the oldest and historic ponds which is undergoing restoration. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese worker cleans algae at the Kamal Pokhari pond in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Firefighters work to douse a fire at a Nebico Biscuit Factory inside Balaju Industrial area in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 7, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese policemen check before allowing people to cross the border to enter India, at Nepalgunj border town, Nepal, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Photo by Krishna Adhikari/AP Photo)





A Nepalese health worker collects a swab sample from a traveler to test for COVID-19 at Nepalgunj border town, Nepal, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Nepal faced its own coronavirus outbreak in April which prompted authorities to impose a two-month lockdown. That brought down the number of cases, but an easing of restrictions now is raising concern about a new outbreak with so few people vaccinated. Thousands of people also cross the border with India every day without health checks to seek work there or return home. (Photo by Krishna Adhikari/AP Photo)





A physically disabled Nepalese girl waits with her mother to receive a dose of Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the Nepal Disabled Association Khagendra New Life Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 19, 2021. A shipment of 1.5 million doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine donated by the United States arrived last week in Nepal, which is struggling to inoculate its population against the coronavirus. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A person crosses a suspension bridge in an early morning in Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 August 2021. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





An elderly Nepalese couple hold their arms after receiving AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, August 9, 2021. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese army man in protective gear gestures to show the bus waiting for Nepalese people evacuated from Afghanistan as they arrive via Kuwait at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, August 17, 2021. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese student from a Hindu school chants a mantra during Janai Purnima Festival celebrations on the premises of Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 22 August 2021. During Janai Purnima, also known as the Sacred Thread festival or Rakshya Bandhan festival, Hindu men, especially the Brahmans and Chettris, perform their annual change of Janai, sacred threads worn across the chest or tied around the wrist. Purified by mantras, the thread is a symbol of protection, according to Hindu belief. The festival also marks the end of the monsoon season. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Father and daughter sell balloons during the Gai Jatra (Cow Festival) procession held amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23 August 2021. Nepalese Hindus celebrate the religious festival to ask for salvation and peace for their family members who have passed away in the past year. Children participating in the procession often dress as cows, holy animals according to Hindu belief, who help departed souls to reach heaven. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A child with facial makeup participates in the annual Gai Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 23, 2021. (Photo by Aryan Dhimal/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Hindu priest seen waiting for devotees during the festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 22, 2021. During Janai Purnima or Rakchhya Bandhan festival people from Bhraman and Chhetri community take bath and change their Janai (a scared thread). Similarly, people from other communities get tied a Doro (sacred colorful thread) around their wrists. (Photo by SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News)





Group of young girls with their parents wait to worship Lord Narsimha during Narsimha festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, 27 August 2021. The Lord Narsimha is worshipped as protector of Natural disasters. Hundreds of devotees of ethnic Newar community of Patan city celebrated the Narsimha festival in the hope of a world peace, prosperity and prevention from the natural disasters for the upcoming year. The Narsimha festival is believed to be started on the 17th Century. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Residents and rescue workers clean an area which was flooded after Bishnumati river overflowed following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu on September 6, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A dead cow lies on the bank of swollen Bishnumati River after the heavy rainfall in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 6, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Hindu women dance after paying homage to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, as they celebrate the Teej festival outside the Pashupatinath temple, which is closed due to Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Kathmandu on September 9, 2021. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A masked dancer performs as part of “Devi Pyankha” (Devi Dance) to mark the beginning of the Indra Jatra Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 15, 2021. Nepali celebrate the Indra Jatra festival to worship “Indra”, the god of rain and to mark the end of monsoon season. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)