Nepalese squatters evicted from illegal houses in Kathmandu – in pictures

Nepalese children watch as a bulldozer approaches their home, on the banks of the Bagmati river. Government forces have reportedly evacuated more than 200 squatters who set up home illegally along the banks of the river Photograph: Binod Joshi/AP

Children watch a bulldozer demolish houses in their neighborhood Photograph: Binod Joshi/AP

A Nepalese girl carries a younger child amid the shattered remains of bulldozed houses Photograph: Binod Joshi/AP

A Nepalese landless woman carries her belongings as her home is demolished Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

Nepalese landless people hurl stones at riot police Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

More than 20 landless people who tried to stop the evictions were arrested, and dozens were injured Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

Nepalese police arrest squatters living beside the Thapathali hospital Photograph: Reuters

Police detain a squatter Photograph: Binod Joshi/AP

A woman cries out after her home is demolished Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

The government wants to build an alternative settlement and introduce a property ownership document, according to local media Photograph: Reuters

A girl and her belongings Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

A schoolgirl shows her feelings after her home is destroyed Photograph: Binod Joshi/AP

A boy cries holds his sister in his lap Photograph: Reuters