Cover Photo: 306 views of Bhoto Jatra taken by a 360-degree camera at Lagankhel, Lalitpur. People taking part in the Rato Machhindranath Festival while the chariot is pulled from Lagankhel to Jawalakhel‚ in Lalitpur. The month-long festival concludes with the display of Bhoto. Photo: Keshab Thoker/Republica
May 13: A Guthi Corporation official standing on the chariot of the Rato Machhindranath displays the bejeweled Bhoto (vest) on the occasion of Bhoto Jatra in Jawalakhel on Sunday. The president and senior government officials were present on the occasion. Photo: Dinesh Gole/Republica
May 14: People walking at Kathmandu Durbar Square during a brief rainfall on Monday afternoon. Photo: Dinesh Gole/Republica
THE WEEK IN PICTURES
May 15: Women carrying water-filled jar and heading to their home at Baluwakhani, Kapan in Kathmandu. Photo: Dipesh Shrestha/Republica
May 16: Farmers harvesting wheat crops in a field near Gatthaghar in Bhaktapur on Wednesday. Photo: Republica
May 17: Leaders during Nepal Communist Party unification declaration program at Rastriya Sabha Griha in Kathmandu on Thursday. Photo: Bijaya Rai/ Republica
May 18: Muslims devotees attend Friday prayers at Kashmiri Masjid in Kathmandu on the second day of the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims around the world will be fasting every day for a month, refraining from eating, drinking and smoking from sunrise to sunset. Photo: Dinesh Gole/Nagarik/Republica
May 19: Vendor waits for a customer to sell watermelon at Kalimati fruits shop on Saturday, May 19, 2018. Photo: Dinesh Gole/Republica