Exiled Tibetans take part in a candlelight vigil following the self-immolation attempt by a monk earlier in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 13.

Tibetans-in-exhile attend a candlelit vigil after a Tibetan man self-immolated at Boudhanath in Kathmandu on Feb. 13.

An Exiled Tibetan participates in a candle light vigil in solidarity with fellow Tibetans who have self-immolated, in Katmandu, Feb. 13.

A group of young Nepalese Newari girls wearing costumes representing various deities participate Jyapu Day procession in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Dec. 28. Thousands of the Kathmandu based majority Jyapu, which means ethnic farmers, celebrated farmers day all over the country. The Nepalese government has made the day a national holiday in recognition of the Jyapu.

A Newar community girl dressed as a deity watches as she participates in a parade marking Yomari Puni festival in Katmandu, Nepal, on Dec. 28. Yomari Puni is a festival observed annually by the Newari community on a full moon day where Yomari, a confection of rice flour, is prepared and eaten.

Newar community girls dressed as deities participate in a parade marking Yomari Puni festival in Katmandu, Nepal, on Dec. 28.

A hand of a devotee is pictured while offering prayer to the setting sun.

Nepalese Hindu women worship the sun as they stand in the Bagmati River during the Chhath festival.

Policemen apply vermillion powder and perform rituals on a dog during the Tihar festival at a police kennel division in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Nov 13, 2012. Dogs are worshipped to acknowledge their role in providing security during the Tihar festival, one of the most important Hindu festivals dedicated to the worship of the Goddess of wealth Laxmi.

Hindu devotees worship offering food and 'Tika' red color to a cow during 'Gai Puja' cow worship day as part of the Tihar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 13, 2012.

A cow stands decorated with vermillion powder and flower garland during Tihar festival in Kathmandu on Nov 13, 2012.

Police officers garland their dogs after applying vermillion to their foreheads on the occasion of the Tihar festival in Kathmandu on November 13, 2012.

A cow stands decorated with vermillion powder and a garland during Tihar festival celebrations in Kathmandu on Nov 13, 2012. Cows are considered sacred to Hindus.

A reveler holds the gay pride flag during the opening ceremony of the first South Asia Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, LGBT, Sports Festival in Kathmandu, October 12, 2012. The three-day long event is organized by the Blue Diamond Society, a LGBT rights group, to promote the equality, rights and social justice of LGBT through sports, according to Sunil Babu Pant, managing director of BDS.

The shadow of a player casts on the ground while practicing volleyball during the opening ceremony of the first South Asia LGBT Sports Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 12.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender players participate in a friendly soccer match during the opening ceremony of the first South Asia LGBT Sports Festival in Kathmandu, Oct. 12.

Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community hold the gay pride flag during the opening ceremony of the first South Asian LGBT Games organized by Blue Diamond Society in Katmandu, Nepal, Oct. 12. Around 250 LGBT community members are participating in the festival, according to Nepal's first openly gay politician Sunil Babu Pant.

Nepalese police sit during the opening ceremony of the first South Asia LGBT Sports Festival in Kathmandu, Oct. 12.

People gather around the burning wreckage at the crash site of a Sita Air airplane near Katmandu, Nepal, early Friday, Sept. 28, 2012.

A Nepalese police officer instructs police personnel at the crash site.

Rescue team members move bodies found in the wreckage.

A woman cries at the crash site.

Police move the remains of a Sita Air airplane at the crash site.

Muslim boy Sabir Ali, aged 8, looks across Kathmandu from a balcony during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at the Jamia school in the Nepali capital on July 27, 2012.

Mohamad Udin Sekh, aged 12, a Jamia school pupil from Janakpur village in eastern Nepal.

Schoolboys read textbooks at the Jamia school.

Boys attend the afternoon prayer.

A schoolboy sleeps with an Islamic textbook covering his face.

A group of boys play in a courtyard of the Jamia school.

The boys pray before eating 'aftari' (or iftar), the evening meal with fruits, vegetables and sweets, which breaks their daily fast.

The boys prepare to go to bed.

Nepalese farmers dance as they celebrate "Asar Pandhra", or the festival of planting rice, in Pokhara, about 125 miles west of Katmandu, Nepal, on June 29.

A boy enjoys the waterfall as he cleans himself after celebrating Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu on June 29. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields.

A tourist dances as she celebrates Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu on June 29. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields.

Nepalese youth play in the mud as they plant rice in a field in Pokhara, west of Kathmandu on June 29. The farmers are celebrating National Paddy Day on 'Asar 15' of the Nepali calendar as the annual rice planting season begins.

A Nepalese woman kisses a tourist while celebrating Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu on June 29. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields.