JANAKPUR, NEPAL – JUNE 12: Nepali Madhesi protesters – a group in the southern plains of the country – hold a torch rally in Janakpur on June 12, 2017, as they protest against forthcoming local elections. Nepal decided to holds its local elections in two phases but a party representing ethnic Madhesis are refusing to participate until their demands are met.

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