Tibet

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Tibetan monks living in exile participate in a candlelight vigil to show solidarity to those who have immolated themselves in Tibet, in Dharmsala, India, on Thursday.

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Buddhist nun Palden Choetso set herself on fire on a street in Tawu, in China's Sichuan Province, in November to protest China's rule of Tibet

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Women in Katmandu, Nepal, remove bricks from a damaged house on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, to make way for pedestrians after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake shook northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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A woman looks out of a window in Katmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 19, 2011, at debris from collapsed buildings that were damaged the previous day by an earthquake that shook northeast India, Nepal and Tibet. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Protesters gather around burning debris in the streets of Lhasa, Tibet, on Friday, March 14, 2008. Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots echoing through the streets of the ancient capital. (AP Photo)