Jitiya festival celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal

Women from the local Tharu community attend a mass prayer to celebrate the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 22, 2019. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)