In this April 23, 2017, photo, a Chitrakar artist paints details on the statue of Rato Machindranath in Machindra Bahal in Lalitpur, Nepal. The wide-eyed statue of Machindranath, made from red-painted clay and covered with gold ornaments, is kept under lock and key for months until it is brought out for the Rato Machindranath festival. The harvest festival, which preludes the monsoon season in Nepal, centers on a five-story high chariot that carries the deity in the capital Kathmandu. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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