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)
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