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Facts

Also Known As Gen Z protests
Date 2022 - 2025
Location Indonesia • Mexico • Peru • Sri Lanka • Turkey
Context 2025 Nepalese Gen Z Protests

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Francisco Goya, Saturn
Protesters and police push against yellow barricades during a demonstration in New Delhi, with one activist holding the Indian flag above the crowd.
Delhi police in riot gear use batons on seated protesters during a demonstration near Parliament House in New Delhi, with distressed protesters and police vehicles visible.
Flames and thick smoke pour from multiple windows of the Singha Durbar, a grand white government building in Kathmandu, Nepal, as fire engulfs its central section.
The seat of Nepal's government ablaze
Dark Indonesia
Gen Z protests in Manila
Gen Z protests in Madagascar
Gen Z protests in Madagascar
Kenyan police in riot gear face a large crowd of demonstrators on a city street in Nairobi, with smoke rising between the groups during a protest against tax hikes.
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Key People

Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka, speaks at the podium with United Nations emblem during the General Assembly in New York City.
Mahinda Rajapaksa
prime minister of Sri Lanka
Andry Rajoelina
Andry Rajoelina
president of Madagascar
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
president of Turkey
William Ruto
William Ruto
president of Kenya
Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, wearing a cream and magenta sari with gold trim, stands in front of a United Nations flag.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed
prime minister of Bangladesh