Supporters light candles before pictures of former king Gyanendra and former queen Komal Rajya Laxmi Shah in Kathmandu.
The royalist groups and supporters of former King Gyanendra in Nepal are protesting over the restoration of the monarchy and the nation’s former status as a Hindu state.
Supporters light candles before pictures of former king Gyanendra and former queen Komal Rajya Laxmi Shah in Kathmandu.
Supporters light candles before photographs of former king Gyanendra and former queen Komal Rajya Laxmi Shah in Kathmandu.
A policeman stands guard at Nepal's former king's Narayanhiti Palace which is currently a museum in Kathmandu.
A crow sits on the statue of Nepal's late king Birendra Bir Bikram Shah in Kathmandu.
Posters wishing happy birthday to former king Gyanendra and former queen Komal Rajya Laxmi Shah are seen on a street side wall in Kathmandu.
Supporters chant slogans hailing former king Gyanendra and former queen Komal Rajya Laxmi in Kathmandu.