HIGHWAY AMBUSH: A police truck still smouldering after the Maoist attack in Khairi Khola that killed eight Armed Police personnel along the East West Highway on Wednesday.

NON-VIOLENCE VIGIL: Peace activists burn candles and pray for the souls of 92 Nepali killed in the month of Kartik on 16 November. At least 20 more people were killed in fighting that same day.

NEPAL MANDALA: Bhintuna Peace Mandap made of coloured powder at Masang Galli on the occasion of the Nepal Sambat 1125 on 13 November.

REMOTE CONTROL: International delegates and government ministers at the inauguration of a seminar on Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas held at the Soaltee Crowne Plaza on 15 November.

DIGGING AWAY: Bulldozers at work this week in Lumbini for next month's World Buddhist Conference at Buddha's birthplace.