Tibet News in Pictures

Elected head of Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay speaks at a press conference Wednesday (August 8) on completion of his one year in office

Tibetans in Delhi carrying posters of the Tibetans who self-immolated in China protest evening of August 8, 2012

During Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's teachings in Leh Ladakh

Participants of the 6th Annual Debate on Tibetan Cultural Studies held at Sarah Institue, near the Tibetan exile seat of Dharamsala.

Tsering Wangmo taking questions from Tibetan Children Village's School students during a creative workshop held on August 1, 2012

Tsewang Yeshi, President of Tibetan Children's Village (TCV) School carries the Flame of Truth torch among TCV students. The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile launched the "Flame of Truth" torch last month to highlight the situation inside Tibet.

Kalon Tripa with the chief minister at the latter’s office in Bangalore, India, on 4 August 2012_Photos_Jigme Tsering_TibetNet

The Tibetan settlement officer of Dharamsala Sonam Dorjee, Indian MP Rakesh Patania, and the Executive Magistrate of Napur Kavita Thakur received the Flame of Truth torch from Dalhousie representatives at Nurpur on July 24, 2012.

July 19, 2012 - Central Tibetan Administration’s Department of Religion and Culture held a public prayer for late Lobsang Lozin  who is  reported to have died after setting himself ablaze on July 17.

Students for a Free Tibet organized Lhakar vigil to protest China at New York's Times Square on July 25, 2012.

Exile Tibetans hold photos of those who self immolated for the cause of Tibet during a candle light vigil near the India Gate monument, in background, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. (VOA Photo/Delhi Stringer Tsering Wangyal)

The Flame of Truth torch was set forth from northern Indian region Ladakh and to travel different countries around the world, in a campaign to call on United Nations to intervene in the Tibetan human rights situation.

Exile Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay, Tibetan Parliament Speaker Penpa Tsering and Chief Justice Ngawang Phelgye holds the Flame of truth torch on July 26, 2012.

Group of Taiwanese students have come to Dharamsala for a two-week educational introduction to Tibet at Dharamsala jointy organized by. Friends of Tibet, Taiwan and India-based Students for Tibet.

Tibetan Youth Congress launched a book called 'bDen gTam rMons Mun Sel Wai sGron Me,' in response to China’s Order No. 5 - a religious regulation passed in 2007 that states all Tibetan Buddhist reincarnations must get China's approval.

At a prayer organized by theCentral Tibetan Administration on July 19, 2012, Dicki Chhoyang, Minister to Department of Information and International Relations paid respect to the deceased and offered condolences to the family members.

Representatives of Tibetan communities in North America at the 12th annual North American Tibetan Association Conference on July 22, 2012.