TOPSHOTS A Nepalese mahout leads his elephant during a general strike called by the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist in Kathmandu on March 6, 2013. The nationwide strike was organised by a hardline breakaway faction of the country's ruling Maoists in protest over an attempt by the mainstream political parties protest against an agreement to allow the Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi of the Supreme Court to head the new administration to oversee the vote in May or June. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA