Nepal finds new calm this weekend with the appointment of a temporary leader following an extraordinary week of violence.

The death toll now stands at over 70 after anti-corruption protests led to police clashes and a host of buildings in the capital being set aflame.

An interim prime minister is in place today asking for people to come together.

New elections are expected to be held in March, but key issues like unemployment and

inflation that drove the protests remain unaddressed. Earlier, I spoke with Alex Trevelli, a South

Asia business correspondent for the New York Times. He's in Kathmandu, and I asked him to

describe the situation there today. The capital He's in Kathmandu, and I asked him to describe the situation

there today. The capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, is actually rather quiet now, and it looks

normal in a lot of respects. There's still a large military presence on the streets, but they're not

blocking traffic. There are a lot of burned out buildings. So if you're looking at the old halls of power,

it's like a disaster swept through town. In fact, a few of them are still even on fire.

But I would have to say that traffic, business, civilian life is carrying on almost as if it were an ordinary time in Nepal, which it very much is not.

This is a historic time, and it seems like the protests evolved in part because of the

bans of some social media platforms, but there also seem to be a lot more deeper issues there.

You help us understand how this all evolved?

Yeah, it's becoming clearer and clearer, Lisa, that the social media ban, which was the proximate

cause or the trigger for the protests, it was a small part of a great big, angry hole.

It was Monday of this past week that the mostly young people took to the streets in great

numbers.

And you could see already on the banners and placards they were carrying.

It was much more about entrenched problems that Nepal faces, political problems,

corruption, a culture of impunity, and there was a vast amount of anger.

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