On the streets of Nepal
A man pulls on his clothes after taking a holy bath at a festival in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu.
The image is one of many portraits of daily life in Nepal captured by Reuters photographer Navesh Chitrakar, who has spent years documenting fleeting and intimate moments out on the country’s streets.
Hindu priests look into a temple in Kathmandu.
A woman walks past a shop window in front of the Swayambhunath Stupa, a collection of shrines and temples.
A tourist offers prayers to the living goddess Kumari during the first day of the week-long Lalitpur festival, which aims to promote local art and culture.
A man rests on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple as he watches people pass by during the month-long Shrawan Sombar festival, when devotees fast and worship Lord Shiva.
A woman sleeps on the temple grounds as a calf walks by.
A woman stands on a balcony along the banks of the Bagmati River.
A man sits on the steps of a house.
A woman sits near a temple on the first day of the week-long Lalitpur festival.
Labourers work to renovate a temple at Patan Durbar Square.
A Nepalese woman covers herself with a shawl as she chats to a friend outside a house in Bungamati Village.
A Lalitpur resident rests in the street near her home.
A woman winnows rice in front of her house.
A woman watches a passing parade commemorating the Neku Jatra-Mataya festival, the festival of lights.
A man lies outside his house next to a bunch of chilies he tied together to dry in the sun.
The toe of a child pokes out from a sack as he sleeps on a street in Lalitpur.
Satrohan Kumar Sahani sells cotton candy at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square. The 12-year-old does not go to school and earns around $2 a day.
Devotees gather near a temple to offer prayers during the Krishna Janmasthami festival, which marks the birth of the Hindu god Krishna.
A woman with her baby strapped to her back sells fruit in the ancient city of Bhaktapur.
A boy throws a flip-flop at his friend as they play in the flooded Bashantapur Durbar Square.
A man walks by the waterlogged square.
A man opens the door of his house as his herd of sheep huddle behind him.
A sadhu, or Hindu holy man, sits on the grounds of Pashupatinath Temple as a bull walks past.
A man is silhouetted as he walks along a street at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square.
