Nepal’s first female prime minister was sworn in Friday as interim leader, capping a tumultuous week that saw massive and deadly youth-led protests against corruption and nepotism topple the country’s leader and plunge the nation into political turmoil.

Nepal’s Gen Z activists turned to Discord to endorse former chief justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister after government collapse.

Nepalese authorities have lifted the curfew in the country's capital and surrounding areas as calm returned following the appointment of the Himalayan nation's first woman prime minister in the wake of protests this week that left at least 51 people dead.

Curfew and prohibitory orders in Kathmandu were lifted by the Nepal Army early Saturday following the formation of an interim government. The elections are scheduled to be held before March 5, 2026.