December 31: Visitors watch the last sun set of 2016 from the banks of Rapti River at Sauraha, Chitwan. Photo: Sanjog Manandhar

January 1: A painter paints the eyes of Swayambhunath Stupa in the Capital.  The Stupa is being renovated after the earthquake of April 25, 2015. Photo: Keshav Thapa

January 2: People sit around a fire to warm themselves as temperature dropped. Photo: Shaligram Tiwari

January 3: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat (Centre) lunches the mobile app" Nepali Passport" at  the Department  of Passport in Narayanhiti, Kathmandu. With the launch of the app, service seekers can now take the barcode with them while visiting the department for final processing of the application. Photo: Keshav Thapa

January 3: A farmer prepares her field to cultivate potatoes at Thecho, Lalitpur. Photo: Keshav Thapa

January 4: A girl hurries towards her destination as the protesters against the ongoing road expansion drive burn a tyre on the road during a day long strike in the Valley on Wednesday, at Thimi, Bhaktapur. The committee has alleged that the government expanded the road in a rampant manner without paying adequate compensation to the affect households. Photo: Prakash Chandra Timilsena

January 5: Vehicles get stuck in a traffic jam at Bhadrakali area in the Capital. Transportation in Kathmandu including Bhadrakali, Sundhara, Ratnapark, Putalisadak, and Thapathali was badly affected due to a motorbike rally organised by the CPN-UML. Photo: Keshav Thapa

 

January 6: CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli, flanked by the party cadres and leaders, waves to the attendees at a mass meeting organised against the constitution amendment bill at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. Photo: Prakash Chandra Timilsena

January 6: Living Goddess Kumari being taken back to the Kumari Ghar after observing the bathing ritual of Seto Machhindranath at Janabahal in the Capital. Photo: Sanjog Manandhar