(MIN BAJRACHARYA)

UNITED NATION: Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala after a meeting with UN Special Envoy Samuel Tamarat (left) and UN Resident Coordinator Matthew Kahane Tuesday. Tamrat and visiting chief of UN peacekeeping, Col Ian Sinclair, left for New Delhi on Thursday for consultations and will return to Kathmandu over the weekend. (MIN BAJRACHARYA)

WE SWEAR: Krishna Jung Rayamajhi on Wednesday swears in Harihar Birahi, Ram Prasad Shrestha, Ram Kumar Shrestha and Kiran Prasad Shrestha of his commission probing crackdowns on the pro-mocrachy movement last month. (MIN BAJRACHARYA)

DYNASTY:Chief Justice Dilip Raj Poudel waits withhis wife for the start of a tea party in which the justices met with lawyers from the Bar at the BICC on Monday. (KIRAN PANDAY)

BANDWAGON: Maoist supporters ride a bus to a mass meetingon Sunday in Nawalparasi 35 km from Butwal. (NARESH NEWAR)

BACK BENCHER: MP Pradip Nepal peruses a recent issue of Nepali Times while waiting for last week session of parliament to start. (MIN BAJRACHAYRA)