LANTERNS FOR DEMOCRACY : Women representing all walks of life hold 36 lanterns at the start of Tuesday's mass meeting in Basantapur square called by the Civic Movement for Peace and Democracy.

IN TUNE WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS: India's Pandit Mukesh Sharma and Anupriya jam with the Nepali Sukarma band at a concert in BICC on Saturday to mark India's 59th Independence Day.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Some members of the crowd at Tuesday's mass meeting for peace and democracy put their opinions front and centre . Police later tried to seize some of the signs.

BOMBED POST: A policeman in a pensive mood in front of the Lubhu police post in Lalitpur. Suspected Maoists detonated a powerful pressure cooker bomb at the post on Tuesday. No one was injured.

GARDEN FLOWERS: Contestants for the Miss Nepal pageant pose for the media during a press meet at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Tuesday. The big day is 10 September.