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title: 'Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown – Nepal’s Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures'
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author: 'Web Desk'
date: '2025-09-13T14:17:29+05:00'
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# Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown – Nepal’s Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures

The protests in Nepal have cooled down, an interim Prime Minister sworn in, but the visuals from the protests scream “the Gen Z way.” TikTok livestreams, dancing in the middle of burning buildings, carrying backpacks, these demonstrations tell us when this generation steps into politics and protest, they do it different.

![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/0-24-1024x683.avif)Prabin Ranabhat / AFP / Getty Fire rages through the Singha Durbar, the main administrative building for the Nepal government, in Kathmandu, after it was set ablaze on September 9, 2025, a day after a police crackdown on demonstrations over govenrnment social-media prohibitions and corruption.
![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/1-9-1024x696.avif)A fire burns inside the Parliament complex during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2-5-1024x683.avif)Ambir Tolang / NurPhoto / Getty Young protesters demonstrate against corruption and the ban on social-media platforms by the government in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 8, 2025.
![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/3-5-1024x677.avif)lames rise from the burning Singha Durbar office complex that houses the Nepali prime minister’s office and other ministries, amid a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/4-2-1024x683.avif)Amit Machamasi / ZUMA Press Wire / Reuters Protesters set fire to the residence of former Prime Minister Oli in Balkot during the second day of the Gen Z demonstrations in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025.
![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/5-5-1024x711.avif)A demonstrator holding Nepal’s flag celebrates at the Singha Durbar office complex that houses the Prime Minister’s office and other ministries after storming it, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/6-1024x683.avif)Sunil Pradhan / Anadolu / Getty People celebrate and take selfies after occupying Nepal’s Parliament building in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025.
![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/7-1-1024x683.avif)A demonstrator jumps from the gate of the Parliament during a protest against corruption and the government’s decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 8. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/8-3-1024x682.avif)Anup Ojha / AFP / Getty Anti-government slogans were left on the walls of the charred Parliament building in Kathmandu on September 10, 2025.
![Trends, Dances and a Government Overthrown - Nepal's Gen Z Protest in 10 Pictures](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/9-1-1024x675.avif)Documents are thrown as demonstrators gather at the Singha Durbar office complex that houses the Prime Minister’s office and other ministries after being stormed during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9. The demonstrations, popularly referred to as the “Gen Z” protests as most participants were in their teens or early 20s, have triggered Nepal’s worst upheaval in years, forcing unpopular leader K.P. Sharma Oli to resign on Tuesday, a day after 19 protesters were killed in violence. REUTERS/Bikram Rai