
Local vendors sell pictures of a serpent deity at a market on the eve of Nag-Panchami, a Hindu festival for worshipping the serpent deity, in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, Aug. 18, 2015. The Hindu festival Nag-Panchami is celebrated by Hindu devotees during the monsoon season and sees prayers and tributes to snakes. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)















