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ThePrint photos of the week: Kathmandu’s ruins, Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ presser & 75 kg ‘laddu’ for Modi

In PhotosOfTheWeek we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

Nepal’s Gen Z are drawing up roadmap for interim govt. They want ‘clarity, not rowdy leadership’

‘We’ve been kept outside rooms where decisions are made,’ says Aakriti Ghimire, whose team is drawing up roadmap for interim govt that assumed power after Nepal’s Gen Z movement.

Singha Durbar: Nepal debates symbolism & legacy of a seat of power seared by Gen Z fury

While some say watching Singha Durbar burn was like watching the burning of history, others say taking refuge in art and history in present scenario is like siding with past oppressors.

Nepal ex-PM Bhattarai says ‘old guard became what it fought against, youth will rebuild nation’

In an exclusive interview, he talks about what lies ahead for his country. 'Can't go back to monarchy,' he says. ‘Gyanendra & monarchy don’t even have 2–3% support in Nepal’. 

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

At least 70 people, mostly men between the age of 20 and 27 were killed in the violent protests that erupted last week in Nepal.

Nepal’s Gen Z are out on the streets, again. This time as volunteers, picking up the pieces

The newly formed organisation, Sangam, meaning ‘confluence’, symbolises coming together of the East and West through five determined teenagers in aftermath of Gen Z uprising in Nepal.

Orphaned and waiting: A family in Bhaktapur reels under crushing loss after Nepal’s Gen Z uprising

According to his nephew Bharat, Sajan Rai ‘didn’t know what Gen Z was but when they said there would be a movement to make Nepal free from corruption, we joined with enthusiasm’.

At Kathmandu’s ‘museum of temples’, light & prayers for the departed. Scenes from Durbar Square

The historic plaza was lit Sunday with dozens of candles & earthen lamps as city residents paid tribute to those who died during the unrest that led to the ouster of Oli govt.

Hiding under torched vehicles, waiting for hands that feed—impact of violence on Nepal’s stray dogs

Sneha Shrestha feeds hundreds of stray dogs a day in Kathmandu. A long-awaited draft animal welfare law was under process in Nepal, but then the violence happened, she rues.

Tourists stay put in Nepal despite curfews & chaos. Here’s what they think of the Gen Z revolt

Anna and Julia, Germans who were travelling to Nepal for the first time, say they experienced a surreal change in atmosphere a day after they arrived.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.