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Flash Floods, Daily Life and Culture in Nepal

Devotees offer prayers to God of Rain “Rato Machhindranath” at the deities temple in Lalitpur, Nepal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The famous centuries-old cultural festival has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. 
Health workers collect throat swabs for the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test of a patient at Teku-based Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, July 9, 2020. 
A Health worker collect throat swabs for the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test of patients towards a lab at Teku-based Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, July 9, 2020. 
Passengers aboard the recently launched Sundar Yatayat bus after the public transportation services gradually resume in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. 
A staff disinfects the seats of the recently launched Sundar Yatayat bus after public transportation services gradually resume amid coronavirus pandemic in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, July 14, 2020.
Barbers take to the streets to protest against the government demanding resumption of their barbershop businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. 
Locals of Khokana destroy fabricated houses while protesting the road expansion drive in Kathmandu valley and other projects like Kathmandu-Tarai expressway, outer ring road, satellite city, and a couple of other development projects saying that such projects posed a serious threat to cultural and religious heritages at Khokana in Lalitpur, Nepal on Saturday. They have alleged that the government has tried to acquire their land in the name of carrying out development works.
Devotees create a figure of mythical demon Ghanta Karna to burn it during Gathemangal festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Sunday, July 19, 2020. According to myths it is believed that by burning the demon rid evil spirits and ward off diseases from children.
Devotees burn a straw effigy of mythical demon Ghanta Karna during Gathemangal festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Sunday, July 19, 2020. According to myths it is believed that by burning the demon rid evil spirits and ward off diseases from children.
A man wades through a flooded shantytown caused by incessant rainfall on the outskirts of Teku in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, July 20, 2020.
A man helps his mother wading through a flooded shantytown caused by incessant rainfall on the outskirts of Teku in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, July 20, 2020.
A girl carries her brother on a flooded shantytown area caused by incessant rainfall on the outskirts of Teku in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, July 20, 2020. 
People escape as river water enters their home at a flooded shantytown area caused by incessant rainfall on the outskirts of Teku in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, July 20, 2020. 
A woman holding an umbrella walks along the road during a heavy downpour in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020.
Devotees burn a straw effigy of mythical demon Ghanta Karna during Gathemangal festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Sunday, July 19, 2020. According to myths it is believed that by burning the demon rid evil spirits and ward off diseases from children.
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