LONG AND WINDING ROAD: A lone taxi defies Maoist threats against transportation on the Prithibi Highway on Tuesday.

PLANTING ROOTS: Durga Shrestha, minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare plants a tree at Tundikhel on Wednesday to celebrate Queen Komal's birthday.

WRITING ON THE WALL: A child writes on the wall of the Saraswati temple in Maitidebi during Saraswati Puja on Sunday.

QUACK QUACK: Migratory ducks from Siberia swimming at Taudaha, near Chobar which is a stopover point for waterfowls before they fly home.

FLY TIME : Phuket Air annouces its Kathmandu-Bangkok-Dubai flights starting from March, in a press conference on Wednesday.