23-29 January #742

On the road

Cynthia Choo and Kenji Kwok

Although the 22 January deadline has come and gone, photographers Cynthia Choo and Kenji Kwok capture scenes of protests from around the valley in the days leading up to it.

A policeman holds back Federal Socialist Party Nepal (FSPN) protestors to allow a Sajha Yatayat bus to pass through along Pulchowk on 13 January. (Photo: Cynthia Choo)

A Nepal Police personnel keeps a lookout on protesters along Pulchowk on January 13. (Photo: Kenji Kwok)

Rickshaws and bicycles were the only modes of transport allowed to pass through during the general strike on January 13. (Photo: Kenji Kwok)

A little girl stands beside a police vehicle during a protest along Thapathali on January 13. (Photo: Kenji Kwok)

Protesters rally a crowd along Mangal Bazaar at Patan Darbar Square on 18 January. (Photo: Cynthia Choo)

Nepal Police officers stand guard in front of protesters during a demonstration in support of reinstating the Nepalese monarchy along Thapathali on January 16. (Photo: Cynthia Choo)

Protesters from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (RPP-N) holding the national flag during a protest march on January 16. (Photo: Kenji Kwok)

Federal Socialist Party Nepal (FSPN) protesters raise their flags to call for indigenous rights to be included in the constitution on the day of the constitution deadline on January 22. (Photo: Cynthia Choo)

Protesters resting on the sidewalk as the day's protests continue into the afternoon on January 22. (Photo: Cynthia Choo)

A barbed wire fence separates protesters and police on the day of the constitution deadline at Bijuli Bazar on January 22. (Photo: Cynthia Choo)

Opposition protesters from the 31-party alliance place their party flags onto the barbed wire fence set up by the Nepal Police and Armed Police Force on January 22. (Photo: Kenji Kwok)

Police stand in lines as defense against possible clashes with the opposition protesters on January 22. (Photo: Kenji Kwok)

Opposition protesters from the 31-party alliance fly their party's flags during the protest on January 22. *(Photo: Kenji Kwok)

A girl stands behind the barricade at the end of the protest at Bijuli Bazar on January 22. (Photo: Kenji Kwok)

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