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A deserted view of Nepal’s Federal Parliament is pictured a month after the Gen Z protests toppling former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s government in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. The protests led by youths against corruption left 75 people dead and several government buildings burned. Charred remains of government vehicles destroyed during the unrest are now stored within the Parliament premises after being collected from offices.

A deserted view of Nepal’s Federal Parliament is pictured a month after the Gen Z protests toppling former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s government in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. The protests led by youths against corruption left 75 people dead and several government buildings burned. Charred remains of government vehicles destroyed during the unrest are now stored within the Parliament premises after being collected from offices.

In Pictures: A month after Gen Z Protests

A flock of egrets searching for food in a field near the new bus park in Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City–14, Dang. Photo: Kuldip Neupane/RSS

In Picture: A flock of Egrets

A Kathmandu Metropolitan Police personnel rest while repairing a road that collapsed due to heavy rainfall, damaging the section at Bafal in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, October 5, 2025.

A Kathmandu Metropolitan Police personnel rest while repairing a road that collapsed due to heavy rainfall, damaging the section at Bafal in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, October 5, 2025.

In Pictures: Aftermath of Heavy rainfall in Kathmandu

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In Pictures: Flood in various locations of Kathmandu Valley

The young Kumari, Trishna Shakya, is carried in a palanquin outside the Kumari’s residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, as Arya Tara Shakya is formally installed as the new Living Goddess. Trishna Shakya steps down from her sacred role, making way for the two-and-a-half-year-old successor following centuries-old Newar tradition. The change marks a rare transition in Kathmandu’s Kumari lineage, with Trishna ceremonially retiring upon reaching the age of maturity.

The young Kumari, Trishna Shakya, is carried in a palanquin outside the Kumari’s residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, as Arya Tara Shakya is formally installed as the new Living Goddess. Trishna Shakya steps down from her sacred role, making way for the two-and-a-half-year-old successor following centuries-old Newar tradition. The change marks a rare transition in Kathmandu’s Kumari lineage, with Trishna ceremonially retiring upon reaching the age of maturity.

In Pictures: New Living Goddess Kumari

The body of 36-year-old Laxman Rai of Nuwakot is pictured as family and relatives gather at the Forensic Department of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu on Monday, September 29, 2025. Rai, a daily wage laborer in Balaju, was shot in the back of the head during the Gen Z protests on September 8–9 and remained in a coma for 21 days before passing away at midnight.
According to volunteer Pradip Pandey, who has been assisting victims and their families, it took more than two days to identify Laxman’s family after the protests, as he lay unconscious in the ICU. His wife had left him, and his young daughter’s whereabouts remain unknown, leaving only cousins and friends to collect his body for postmortem. More than 72 people were killed and thousands were injured during the demonstrations.

The body of 36-year-old Laxman Rai of Nuwakot is pictured as family and relatives gather at the Forensic Department of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu on Monday, September 29, 2025. Rai, a daily wage laborer in Balaju, was shot in the back of the head during the Gen Z protests on September 8–9 and remained in a coma for 21 days before passing away at midnight.
According to volunteer Pradip Pandey, who has been assisting victims and their families, it took more than two days to identify Laxman’s family after the protests, as he lay unconscious in the ICU. His wife had left him, and his young daughter’s whereabouts remain unknown, leaving only cousins and friends to collect his body for postmortem. More than 72 people were killed and thousands were injured during the demonstrations.

A final farewell for Laxman Rai: A laborer, alone in death, becomes a protest statistic

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