Photo show Paddy Day, the festival marking the start of the rice planting season in Nepal
Children play in the mud in a paddy field during Asar Pandra, the annual paddy planting festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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By NIRANJAN SHRESTHA
Nepal marked Paddy Day, an annual festival which marks the beginning of the rice planting season. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.