Here are the top 29 photos captured by our photographers during the month of May.

May 1: Fifty-five -year-old Bala Bahadur Lidel and fifty-year-old Bharat Tumsingh dig the road to fix water pipeline at Kuleshwor in the Capital. They earn Rs 700 per day.May 1 is marked as World Labour Day. (Sanjog Manandhar)

May 2: A pigeon eats rice grains from the bowl of a Buddha statue at Indra Chowk in Kathmandu. (Dipen Shrestha) 

May 3: A child collects dead fish from Bagmati River at Pashupati Aryaghat, Kathmandu. (Nimesh Jang Rai)

May 4: Buses gather at Khullamanch in Kathmandu. The old bus park has been shifted to Khullamanch after the authority decided to build a view tower at the bus park. (Prakash Chandra Timilsena)

May 6: Students of All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary) stage a demonstration against Ncell's refusal to pay capital gains tax (CGT) for the transfer of its stake in Ncell to Malaysian telecom giant Axiata,  in front of Ncell office Krishna Tower in Baneshwor, Kathmandu. (Shaligram Tiwari)

May 7: A stunt person performs stunts in Jawalakhel. The programme was organised by Riders Unified. (Angad Dhakal)

May 9: Cable cars operate in Thankot-Chandragiri route. A privately-owned company — Kathmandu Fun Park Ltd brought the service in operation at an investment of more than Rs 3 billion. The cable car service connects Thankot and Chandragiri of Kathmandu. (Prakash Chandra Timilsena)

May 10: Sea of people participates in Rato Machhindranath chariot pulling festival at Pulchock, Lalitpur. (Hemanta Shrestha)

May 11: Prime Minister KP Oli talks to ambassadors to Nepal after briefing them about the current political situation at Hotel Yak and Yeti in Kathmandu. (Shaligram Tiwari)

May 12: Nurses and students of Nursing participate in a rally organised to mark 'International Nurses Day' at Maitighar, Kathmandu. The Day is observed to mark the birth of Florence Nightingale, popularly known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’. (Kaushal Adhikari)

May 14: Workers repair a water pipe line in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, on Saturday. (Hemanta Shrestha)

May 15: Three Olympian—Baikuntha Manandhar, Shah Banu Pathan and Krishna Basnet—march as they hold  ‘Peace Torch Lamp’ after alighting it from Buddha Eternal Peace Flame in Maya Devi Sacred Garden in Kapilvastu. The torch will be taken from Lumbini to the Everest Base Camp.  (Prakash Chandra Timilsena)

May 15: A little girl sits on a rickshaw with an umbrella to cover herself from rain on Sunday morning while her father pushes the rickshaw to reach their destination at Chhetrapati. (Dipen Shrestha) 

May 16: Supporters of Madhesi and Janajati parties gather at Maitighar Mandala to protest against the constitution, which they say further discriminates the marginalised and excluded communities, in Kathmandu. (Hemanta Shrestha)

May 17: Dzos (locally known as Jokpi), hybrid of Yak and domestic cattle, carry loads of tourist as they head towards Thukla from Dingbuche of Khumgunj VDC in Solukhumbu district. The Jokpi owners are paid Rs1,000 for a day’s transportation. Also seen in the background is Khangteka and Thamsherku mountain range. (Kumbhya Raj Rai)

May 17: This image shows Khumbu glacier at the base of Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse mountains. (Kumbha Raj Rai)

May 18: A priest throws a coconut as part of the ritual on the 8th day of Rato Machhindranath chariot pulling festival at Lagankhel, Lalitpur. (Sanjog Manandhar)

May 19: Students of NC-aligned Nepal Students Union participate in a symbolic protest against the government’s failure to stop black-marketeering, at Exhibition road in Kathmandu. (Hemanta Shrestha)

May 19: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, among other national and international dignitaries, participates in the inaugural of International Buddhist Conference at Hotel Soaltee in the Capital on the eve of 2560th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. (Angad Dhakal)

May 20: A pair of dove sits on a branch of a tree as it rains in Kathmandu. (Sanjog Manandhar)

May 21: Girls of Kirat community mark the Udhauli Parwa in Nakhipot, Lalitpur. (Nimesh Jang Rai)

May 22: A local farmer weeds his paddy farm at Chepetar, Gorkha. (Angad Dhakal)

May 25: Visitors watch a monkey playing with a bottle at Swoyambunath Temple in the Capital. (Sanjog Manandhar) 

May 25: Tourists in traditional attire pose alongside a bell for photographs at Bouddha Stupa in Kathmandu. (Dipen Shrestha)

May 26: Supporters of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs (NFNTE) demonstrate a rally against hike in fine for traffic rule violations at Sallaghari, Bhaktapur. (Angad Dhakal)

May 27: National football player Bimal Gharti Magar, reacts as he arrives at TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu to see his sister’s body. Bimal's sister was found dead in her house in Nawalparasi and has been brought to Teaching Hospital for post mortem. He came from Belgium. (Kaushal Adhikari)

May 28: Masked deities perform a ritual act during Lumadi Khadga Siddhi Jatra, a twelve year festival, at Sankata in Capital. (Sanjog Manandhar)

May 29: Prime Minister Oli runs for the ball during a friendly match between Prime Minister-11 and Chief Secretary-11 at Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu. In the friendly organised to mark Republic Day, PM-11 lost the match by 2-3. (Angad Dhakal)

May 30: An aerial view of empty fields being prepared for paddy cultivation in Bhaktapur district. (Hemanta Shrestha)