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NATIONAL PADDY DAY!

A mud-covered farmer with rice seedling on his head smiles in a paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on Thursday. - AFP
 
A mud-covered farmer with rice seedling on his head smiles in a paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on Thursday. - AFP
A mud-covered farmer with rice seedling on his head smiles in a paddy field during 'National Paddy Day', which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on Thursday. - AFP