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.

The death toll from last week's anti-corruption protests in Nepal has risen to 72, the country's health ministry said on Sunday, as search teams continued to recover bodies from shopping malls and other buildings damaged in the unrest.

Youth-led protests this week forced the prime minister's resignation, left dozens dead, and prompted a nationwide curfew that has since been lifted.

Health ministry reports 72 fatalities and over 2,100 injuries following violent anti-corruption protests, with former Chief Justice Sushila Karki appointed interim PM to oversee fresh elections.

Nepal’s government has faced violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms, leading to police use of deadly force and the resignation of the prime minister

Generation Z protesters in Nepal torch parliament and clash with security forces after a social media ban, prompting military warnings of intervention.

Anti-government protests in Nepal on Monday, which followed a ban on social-media apps, were met with deadly force by riot police. Reacting to that violence, demonstrators returned the next day, burning many government buildings and forcing the prime minister to resign.

Nepal is in turmoil. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stepped down this week after protests against corruption and a controversial social media ban spiraled into the country’s worst unrest in decades. At least 22 people were reportedly killed as police used tear gas, water cannons, and live rounds on demonstrators in Kathmandu and other cities.

Protests in Nepal over a since-lifted ban on major social media platforms have left almost 20 people dead and now toppled the country's leader.

The Nepali Army is being deployed Tuesday night in response to violence that has broken out amid protests in Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu.

The deadly protests in Nepal that forced the country's prime minister to resign on Tuesday were a result of long-simmering discontent ignited by the government’s ban on major social media platforms.