BULLET BATTERED: Pots and pans battered in Palpa after the Maoist attack on security force on 1 February.
Pic: BIBI FUNYAL

PROTECTIVE CUSTODY: Armed police personnel guards ballot boxes on route to the Election Commission from Rastriya Sabhagriha on Wednesday evening. Pic: KIRAN PANDAY

ALMOST MARRIED: Newari girls wait for a blessing in the finale of their bel bibaha last Saturday in Basantapur.
Pic: MARTY LOGAN

PROTEST THE MURDER: Opposition parties in a ralley to protest the killing of UML worker Umesh Thapa in Ghorahi, Dang on Wednesday. Pic: BHASKAR ARYAL

LET ME IN: AFP correspondent Sam Taylor argues with security forces at Hanuman Dhoka trying to gain entry to a polling station. All journalists were prohibited to enter. Pic: MIN BAJRACHARYA