News » August 16, 2009

Snapshot: Prayer for Peace

By Rachel Jefferson

(Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

KATHMANDU, NEPAL—On August 5, about 1,000 Tibetan monks, nuns and activists take part in a candle-light vigil at Boudhanath Stupa on the outskirts of Kathmandu, as part of a protest against China’s oppression of Tibet.

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