E-Kantipur

Members of Shiv Sena, a religious-political group, lights candles demanding for ‘an integrated Nepal’ at Maitighar Mandala in the Capital on Wednesday.

Photographer: Shreedhar Poudel /eKantipur.

Participants of a rally’ organised by Indigenous Nationalities Joint Struggle Committee whistle during a protest to pressurise the political parties and Constituent Assembly for an identity-based federalism at New Baneshwor in the Capital on Wednesday.

Photographer: Kiran Panday /eKantipur

Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai (left) administers the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed ministers in the presence of President Ram Baran Yadav at Sheetal Niwas in the Capital on Wednesday.

Photographer: Kiran Panday /eKantipur

A boy swims in a moss-filled pond to cool himself at Gahana Pokhari in the Capital on Wednesday. The temperature in the Capital has risen exponentially within the past week.

Photographer: Sanjog Manandhar /eKantipur

Players of the U-22 team practice for the upcoming AFC U-22 Qualifiers at APF Headquarters in the Capital on Wednesday. The tournament would be held at Dashrath Stadium, from June 12-12.

Photographer: Kaushal Adhikari /eKantipur

Beauty contestant Koini Vakaloloma poses for a photo in the surf on Tavarua Island, Fiji. A beauty pageant in Fiji that has turned into a fiasco has sparked a debate in the island nation about race, age and ethics after Vakaloloma replaced Torika Watters as the winner.

Photographer: AP Photo / Shiri Ram

Co-owner of Kings XI Punjab Preity Zinta (left) and Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor watch the Indian premier League cricket match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab in New Delhi, India on Tuesday.

Photographer: AP Photo

Mexican singer Thalia arrives for People en Espanol's "50 Most Beautiful" gala at New York on Tuesday.

Photographer: AP Photo /Jason DeCrow

A ceremony is held to worship Emperor Yandi, a legendary ancestor of the Chinese nation, in Suizhou City on Tuesday. Yandi is widely believed to be an initiator of crop planting and herbal medicine in ancient China.

Photographer: Xinhua /Hao Tongqian

A wounded woman leaves the zone where a bomb exploded in a crowded street in Bogota, capital of Colombia, on Tuesday. Two people were killed in a bomb explosion in a crowded street in Bogota, capital of Colombia.

Photographer: Xinhua