In pictures: Victory for Nepal’s Gen Z has come at a cost. A nation bids goodbye to its heroes

Kathmandu: After the violence, Kathmandu saw a series of cremations of Gen Z protesters who died in clashes with the police. Common people joined processions with flowers and cries of “Bir Shaheed Amar rahe”.

More than 70 people, mostly men between the age of 20 and 27 were killed in the violent protests that erupted last week in Nepal. The protests led to K.P. Oli Sharma resigning as PM and a new PM Sushila Karki being sworn in.

The funeral procession started from the Teaching Hospital mortuary where all the bodies were kept, and moved towards the Pashupatinath crematorium through the Ring Road. Accompanying those on foot were bikes carrying the national flag and shouting slogans of “Long live Nepal”.

Many stood outside their homes to witness this historic final goodbye to the protesters. Thousands gathered at the ghat, grieving with the families, even if they did not know them. Protesters who died were given a guard of honour and designated ‘martyrs’.

ThePrint’s Manisha Mondal brings you photos of this tragic day in Nepal’s history.

A woman with her head on the coffin of her 22-year-old son who was killed in the protests | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Holding photographs and flags, relatives of the deceased leave for the final rites | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Youth on their bikes at the Chakrapath chowk | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

The funeral procession on Kathmadu’s Ring Road | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

A body being carried to the funeral pyre | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Foreign tourists wait at the bridge to witness the last rites | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Family members carrying a casket | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Grieving relatives shout slogans near funeral pyres | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Sister of a Gen Z youth shouts slogans as she bids her final farewell | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint