Riot police stand guard outside Nepal’s Parliament building during protests in Kathmandu on Monday, September 9, 2025.(Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)
Protesters burn tires, defying a government-imposed curfew in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 10, 2025.(Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)
Smoke billows from the Hilton Hotel, set ablaze by protesters in Kathmandu on September 10, 2025. The fire came a day after demonstrators torched the parliament building and the veteran prime minister resigned, as a “Gen Z” protest movement, initially sparked by a social media ban, swept the nation. The previous day’s crackdown, which killed at least 19 people, was one of the deadliest in years and further fueled public anger.(Photo by Prabin Ranabhat/AFP Photo)
A man walks through the burned-out Singha Durbar complex, which houses the Prime Minister’s office and other ministries, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 11, 2025. The damage followed Monday’s deadly anti-corruption protests, which were triggered by a since-lifted social media ban.(Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
Tourists enjoy the lively pigeons at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 12, 2025. As the Nepal Army works to restore order and ease restrictions, daily life in the capital gradually returns to normal.(Photo by Sunil Sharma/ZUMA Press Wire via Alamy Live News)
Hindu devotees perform rituals on the banks of the Bagmati River near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on September 14, 2025. The city took a step towards normality as the curfew was lifted, with markets reopening, traffic returning, and families visiting temples.(Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)
Volunteers from the Maiti Nepal organization clean a police station that was vandalized during the recent anti-corruption protests in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Saturday, September 13, 2025.(Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)
Locals light candles at a memorial outside Nepal’s charred parliament on September 13, 2025, paying tribute to the Gen-Z protesters shot dead during the earlier demonstrations. The country was rocked by massive youth-led protests fueled by anger over government corruption, nepotism, and a ban on social media.(Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images)
Hindu devotees perform rituals on the banks of the Bagmati River near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on September 14, 2025. The city took a step towards normality as the curfew was lifted, with markets reopening, traffic returning, and families visiting temples.(Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)
The mother of 23-year-old Rashik Khatiwada, who was killed in the previous week’s anti-corruption protests, mourns during his cremation ceremony at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 16, 2025.(Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
A tribute rally marches through Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 16, 2025, with coffins carrying the bodies of those killed in the previous week’s anti-corruption protests that toppled the government.(Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
An artist carries a clay statue of Lord Vishwakarma to market in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 16, 2025, ahead of the Vishwakarma Puja festival. The festival, celebrated on September 17, honors the divine engineer and involves prayers for creativity and prosperity.(Photo by Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A Buddhist devotee offers prayers at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu on September 18, 2025.(Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)
A person surveys the damage inside the vandalized office of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) in Kathmandu on September 19, 2025, as party members gathered to celebrate Constitution Day. The offices of multiple political parties were attacked during the ‘Gen-Z protests,’ a youth-led movement against corruption and a social media ban that left at least 72 people dead.(Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)
Nepalese Hindu devotees participate in a Durga religious rally, passing the charred remains of the Bhat-Bhateni supermarket, which was set ablaze during the violent protests of September 9, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 3, 2025. During the Dashain festival, Nepalese worship Durga, the goddess of power and prosperity.(Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)
A man looks at charred vehicles inside the torched Parliament building complex in Kathmandu on October 8, 2025.(Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)
Mourners light candles during a vigil in Kathmandu on October 15, 2025, for Bipin Joshi, a Nepali agricultural student who died while being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. The Israeli military confirmed on October 14 that his body was among those returned by Hamas following a US-brokered truce.(Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)
A dog from Nepal’s Armed Police Force displays its skills during a ceremony for the Kukkur Tihar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday, October 20, 2025.(Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)
