PEACE WISH: Pilgrims from Thankot travelled all the way to Debghat at the confluence of the Trisuli and Kali Gandaki to immerse this adorned clay figure of Ganesh and pray for peace.

THE SLAUGHTER CONTINUES: Security was cited as the reason that these stately 80-year-old trees were felled outside the prime minister's residence in Baluwatar last week.

LEGAL RALLY AGAINST ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING: A street rally against trafficking of young Nepali women on 7 April, Anti-Trafficking Day.

PARTY TIME: Nepali Congress' Central Committee members (Bal Bahadur Rai, Nona Koirala, Khum Bahadur Khadka, Govinda Raj Joshi) at their party office on Saturday after Girija Prasad Koirala was released from house arrest.

WATER CRISIS: The lines for water get longer at Dallu as the dry season sets in. Women line up on Sunday, many had been waiting since dawn.