In Depth: How a Social Media Ban Sparked Nepal’s ‘Gen Z’ Revolution

On Sept. 9, the world watched as smoke billowed from the windows of Nepal’s parliament building — the heart of the nation’s government set ablaze by a mass of young, angry Nepalis. On the streets of the capital Kathmandu, protesters cheered as an effigy of the prime minister’s head was burned and stomped on. Within hours, the government had collapsed.