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Featured photojournalist: Navesh Chitrakar

FTA: Navesh Chitrakar: A Hindu devotee offers a banana to a cow during a religious ceremony
A Hindu devotee offers a banana to a cow during Tihar, when animals are worshipped Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar: A worshipper waits for sunrise to offer prayers during the Chhat festival
On the final day of the Chhath festival in Kathmandu, a worshipper waits for sunrise in order to offer prayers Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar : A devotee prays to the setting sun during the Chhat festival in Kathmandu
Women offer prayers to the setting sun during the Chhath festival Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar: Men sit and chat to pass their time near a shop selling masks in Kathmandu
Men pass the time near a shop selling masks Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar: A child with balloons looks up during the Newari New Year parade
A child with balloons at the Newari New Year parade in Kathmandu. The Newar community observes the start of the year 1132, in accordance with their national lunar calendar, by worshipping their spiritual selves in a ritual known as Mahapuja Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar: A devotee holds an incense stick during the Chhat festival in Kathmandu
Incense sticks are lit as an offering to the setting sun during Chhath Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar: The illuminated Swayambhunath Stupa in the Kathmandu valley
Swayambhunath Stupa (or Monkey Temple) stands illuminated with Kathmandu valley in the background Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar: A vendor scoops vermilion powder used for worship during the Tihar festival
A vendor scoops vermilion powder used for worship during the Tihar festival Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar: Police dogs are escorted back by police officers after the dog festival
Police dogs are escorted by officers after the dog festival at the Nepal Police Academy, part of the Tihar celebrations Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar: A man looks out from a window of his hilltop home in Lalitpur
A man looks out of a window in his hilltop home in Lalitpur Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar : A customer selects garland made of marigold flowers
A customer browses garlands made of marigold flowers, used for decorating houses and shops during the Tihar festivities Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
FTA: Navesh Chitrakar : An eye of Lord Buddha is seen behind prayer flags at Boudhanath Stupa
The eye of Buddha peers down from Kathmandu's Boudhanath Temple, festooned with prayer flags for the celebrations Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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