Скачать или смотреть Nepal's seat of government amongst buildings set on fire as protests grow increasingly violent

(9 Sep 2025)
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Kathmandu, Nepal - 9 September 2025
1. Protesters singing, dancing, holding Nepalese flags
2. Protesters jumping and clapping in front of armed police personnel with burning govt building in background
3. Protesters riding motorbikes and gathering near Nepali government buildings
4. Various of protesters shouting slogans, waving flags
5. Various of Nepali government HQ, Singha Darbar, burning
6. Protesters driving around carrying Nepalese flags on streets
7. Man carrying chainsaw on back of motorbike
8. Various of protesters on the streets
9. Armed police officers
10. Various of burned out vehicles



STORYLINE:
Protesters in Nepal burned government buildings and the residences of top political leaders on Tuesday as demonstrations against a short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent.

AP footage showed the Singha Darbar, the seat of the Nepali government, in flames as crowds danced and sang on the streets surrounding the complex.

Tens of thousands of protesters remained on the streets late in the day, blocking roads, storming government buildings and setting them on fire, and, in some cases, attacking political leaders.

Army helicopters ferried some ministers to safe places.

A day earlier, demonstrations led by young people angry about the blocking of several social media sites gripped the country’s capital, and police opened fired on the crowds, killing 19 people.

The ban was lifted Tuesday, but the protests continued, fueled by anger over the deaths and growing frustration with the political elite in the nation wedged between China and India.

As the protests intensified, Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli announced he was stepping down.

The president accepted the resignation and appointed Oli to lead a caretaker government until a new one is in place — though it was unclear what power he would wield or even where he was.

The resignation appeared to have little effect on the demonstrations.

AP video by Upendra Mansingh

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