People prepare to release lanterns from a hilltop during the Tihar festival, the Hindu festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A Nepalese policeman applies vermillion on the forehead of a police dog during Kukkur Tihar dog festival at their kennel division in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, October 24, 2022. Dogs are worshipped to acknowledge their role in providing security during Kukkur Tihar which falls on the second day of Tihar festival, one of the most important Hindu festivals of this Himalayan nation. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Police officers pose with canine unit dogs during dog worship day, a part of the Diwali festival, also known as Tihar, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 October 2022. Tihar is the second major festival for Nepalese Hindus and this year is held on 23-27 October. During the festival people worship crows, considered to be messengers of human beings; cows, incarnations of lord Laxmi (the goddess of wealth), and dogs, repaying the love towards man's “best friend”. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A devotee pours flower petals onto a police dog during an event to mark the Hindu Tihar festival at the Nepal Police Dog Training School in Kathmandu on October 24, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A girl from the Tharu community takes part in a ritual during the Shama Chakewa festival to honor the relationship between brothers and sisters in Kathmandu on November 8, 2022. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Nepalese people participate in a mock election as a part of an awareness program organized by the election commission ahead of the general elections, in Lalitpur, Nepal, Sunday, November 6, 2022. Nepal's parliamentary elections on Nov. 20 are the fourth since the Himalayan nation abolished a centuries-old monarchy and became a republic. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese villagers stand amidst the debris of their mudhouses after an earthquake in Doti district, Nepal, Wednesday, Noember.9, 2022. A government official said the quake has killed at least six people while they were asleep in their houses in a remote, sparsely populated mountain village. (Photo by Dil Bahadur Singh/AP Photo)





An injured person is brought to a hospital after an earthquake in Doti district, Nepal, Wednesday, November 9, 2022. (Photo by Mohan Shahi/AP Photo)





A man hurls vermillion colors in the air to celebrate the Sindoor Jatra festival at Chabahil, in Kathmandu on November 11, 2022. During this festival, devotees smear vermillion colors onto each other's faces in the belief to rid one of skin diseases. On this day devotees pray to Lord Ganesh and Bhairav and draw a large number of people from around the city every year. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Rajan Bhattarai, leader of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), dances with his supporters as he participates in an election campaign ahead of the general election in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, November 14, 2022. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepal election commission officers double-check election material meant for various polling booths for the upcoming general elections in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, November 17, 2022. Nepal's parliamentary elections on Nov. 20 are the fourth since the Himalayan nation abolished a centuries-old monarchy and became a republic. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese policemen set up a polling station a day prior to general elections in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Saturday, November 19, 2022. Nepal’s parliamentary elections on Nov. 20 are the fourth since the Himalayan nation abolished a centuries-old monarchy and became a republic. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese army men patrol near polling stations a day prior to general elections in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Saturday, November 19, 2022. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





People watch voting during the general election in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, November 20, 2022. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A police officer performs a security check on a man before entering a polling station in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, November 20, 2022. Millions of Nepalese cast their votes to elect a new parliament the fourth one since Nepal abolished centuries-old monarchy. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A man casts his vote during the general election in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, . (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A woman casts her vote during the general election in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, . (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Nepalese people line up to cast their votes during the parliamentary and provincial elections in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 20 November 2022. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Light illuminates a man as he heads to cast a vote at a polling station during the general election in Bhaktapur, Nepal on November 20, 2022. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese devotees release oil lamps in memory of deceased family members as they observe the Balachaturdashi festival at Pashupati temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 22 November 2022. Thousands of people from all over the country have gathered at the Pasupati temple to light the oil lamps at the Bagmati river in the name of their departed beloved ones during the year. The following morning family members will spread Satabij, seven kinds of seeds-paddy, barley, sesame, wheat, gram, maize and finger millet, around the temple premises. Seeds are sown with the belief that the departed souls receive salvation. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)