Riot police run for cover as Madhesi activists hurl stones at them in Saptari district, Nepal. The Madhesi People’s Rights Forum has been leading strike action for the past two weeks in an attempt to pressure the government to meet demands for greater autonomy and ethnic rights in Terai, a southern lowland region SHREEDHAR POUDEL/REUTERS
Source: The Times March 08, 2017 02:58 UTC