Images: Tibetans mark New Year with protests, rituals

[caption id=“attachment_222730” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“A monk works at a temple located at a residential building block during the Tibetan New Year in Xining city in northwest China’s Qinghai province. AP Photo”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_222735” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“A Tibetan woman prays at a Tibetan monastery during the first day of New Year or “Losar” in Kathmandu. AP Photo”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_222740” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (right) greets a devotee as he leaves after leading a prayer session on the first day of the Tibetan New Year at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala. AP Photo”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_222743” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“A Tibetan exile fixes prayer flags at the Boudhanath stupa on the first day of the Tibetan New Year in Katmandu. AP Photo”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_222745” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Elderly exiled Tibetan women pray as they mark the Tibetan New Year in New Delhi. AP Photo”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_222784” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Protesters display images of the Tibetans believed to have committed self-immolation in Tibet during a candlelight vigil outside the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong on the day of Losar. AP Photo”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_222786” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Protesters display images of the Tibetans believed to have committed self-immolation in Tibet on Tibetan New Year. AP Photo”] [/caption]

Images: Tibetans mark New Year with protests, rituals

Perturbed over a series of self-immolations by Tibetans in China, this year’s Losar celebrations were low key. The Tibetan government-in-exile had also urged their community across the world to shun Losar celebrations.

Top Stories

Israel targets top Hamas leaders in Doha; Qatar, Iran condemn strike as violation of sovereignty

Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched

Who is CP Radhakrishnan, India's next vice-president?

Israel informed US ahead of strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, says White House