SCOFFLAW STOPPAGE: FNCCI members and entrepreneurs block the Machhindra bahal during a rally on Tuesday, when they also called a nationwide banda to protest the insecure business environment. The banda was ruled illegal and the body faces a contempt of court case.
(MIN BAJRACHARYA)

I DO: Girls, some as young as eight, raise their hands when asked 'who among you is married' in Baskhora, Kapilvastu on Tuesday.
(NARESH NEWAR)

STINKY BUSINESS: A week's worth of garbage is collected from steaming heaps around town on Wednesday. Locals around the Okharpauwa-Sisdole landfill site have given the government 15 days to build a drainage reservoir for liquid that leaks from the site.
(MIN BAJRACHARYA)

NEVER TOO OLD TO PLAYACT: Fifty-first anniversary celebrations at the Nepal Police Headquarters in Naxal on Tuesday included floats, displays, and a ceremony to honour policemen for outstanding service.
(SAGAR SHRESTHA)

SHEEPISH: Sheep had free passage during Tuesday's 'illegal' strike.
(MIN BAJRACHARYA)