Riot police stand outside the Parliament building as they deal with the protesters in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, September 9, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Protesters burn tires violating the curfew orders in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, September 9, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Smoke billows from the burning Hilton Hotels, a day after it was set ablaze by protesters in Kathmandu on September 10, 2025. Nepali demonstrators set parliament ablaze on September 9, while the veteran prime minister quit, as a “Gen Z” protest movement sparked by a ban on social media overtook the Himalayan nation. At least 19 people were killed during rallies a day earlier, one of the deadliest crackdowns in years which fuelled public anger. (Photo by Prabin Ranabhat/AFP Photo)





A person walks by burned Singha Durbar office complex that houses the Prime Minister's office and other ministries following Monday's deadly anti-corruption protests triggered by a social media ban, which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 11, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Tourists enjoy the lively presence of pigeons at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 12, 2025. As the Nepal Army steps in to restore order and ease curfews and restrictions, daily life in the capital is gradually returning to normal following the recent unrest. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/ZUMA Press Wire via Alamy Live News)





Nepal's army soldiers take their positions to disperse the protesters in front of the President House during a curfew imposed to restore law and order, in Kathmandu on September 12, 2025. Nepal's president and army sought on September 12 to find a consensus interim leader to fill a political vacuum after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government and left parliament in flames. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Volunteers from Maitry Nepal clean police station which was vandalized during anti-corruption protests sparked by a short-lived social media ban in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, September 13, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Local people of Nepal light candles to pay tribute to Gen-Z protesters, that were shot dead during Monday's anti-corruption protests, at an altar outside Nepal's burnt parliament on September 13, 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal has been rocked by massive youth-led protests in September 2025, triggered by anger over government corruption, nepotism, and the banning of popular social media platforms. (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 capital Kathmandu took a step back towards normality on September 13 as a curfew was eased and daily life returned, with markets opening, traffic returning and families visiting temples. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Mother of Rashik Khatiwada, 23, who died in last week's anti-corruption protests that toppled the government, mourns during the cremation rituals at the premises of Pashupatinath temple, along the bank of Bagmati river, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 16, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





People take part in a tribute rally with the coffins carrying the bodies of people, who died in last week's anti-corruption protests that toppled the government, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 16, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





An artist carries a clay statue of Lord Vishwakarma to the market for sale before the Vishwakarma Puja festival in Nepal, Kathmandu on September 16, 2025. The festival, celebrated on September 17 this year, honors Lord Vishwakarma, regarded as the divine engineer and craftsman, and involves prayers for creativity, prosperity, and protection of tools and workplaces. (Photo by Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Buddhist devotee offers prayers at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu on September 18, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A person surveys the damage inside a room as leaders and supporters of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) gathered at their vandalized party office to celebrate Constitution Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, 19 September 2025. The offices of CPN-UML, along with those of other political parties, were burned and vandalized by anti-government demonstrators during the so-called 'Gen-Z protests,' which, led by youths identifying as Generation Z, erupted in Nepal on 08 September 2025 in response to corruption and a government-imposed social media ban and left at least 72 people dead. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





Nepalese Hindu devotees take part in a Durga religious rally as they pass in front of the Bhat-Bhateni supermarket, which was set ablaze during a violent protest on 09 September, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 03 October 2025. During Dashain, Nepalese worship Durga, the mother 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 and offer condolences in Kathmandu on October 15, 2025, during a candlelight vigil held for Bipin Joshi, a deceased Nepali agricultural student who died while being held hostage in Gaza by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The Israeli military said on October 14, that the bodies of four hostages returned by Hamas following a US-brokered truce have been identified, including that of a Nepalese student. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Nepal's Armed Police Force dogs display skills at their kennel division during Kukkur Tihar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, October 20, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)