The year in pictures

The historic Tansen Darbar that housed the Palpa distict administration burns after a Maoist attack in February.
(GOVINDA LUITEL)

Police charge demonstrators at Kalanki on the 15th day of pro-democracy protests in April.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his wife Sita make their first official appearance in Kathmandu in June, as they drive in with Home Minister Krishna Sitaula from the airport to Baluwatar for talks.
(KIRAN PANDAY)

"Asia's greatest statesman" is how Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Girija Koirala during a visit to New Delhi in June.

Maoist women leaders share the stage with Indian comrades at a rally in Khula Manch in July.
(KUMAR SHRESTHA)

In May, for the first time, the prime minister, and not the king, swears in the new cabinet.
(KIRAN PANDAY)

Stripped of his powers, King Gyanendra arrives at Krishna Mandir in August to be saluted by girl scouts.
(KIRAN PANDAY)

This picture of Nepal's most famous conservationists, donor officials, and diplomats was taken in Taplejung a day before they were killed in a helicopter crash in Ghunsa in September.
(WWF NEPAL)