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  • Prayer flags reach toward The Potala, former abode of Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet, China. 1986
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  • Villagers circumambulate the Jokhang Temple, one of holiest sites in Lhasa, Tibet, China.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Boatman carries a yak-skin coracle used to ferry people across Lhasa River.
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  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China.	Sera Monastery overlooks Lhasa before mass influx of Chinese migrants.
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  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China. Tibetan Buddhist nuns chant and pray in a temple at their nunnery.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Pilgrims in Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many Tibetan Buddhist shrines & temples.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. A woman milks her cow on outskirts of the city.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Village woman spins Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels lining a wall near the Jokhang Temple.
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  • Lhasa, Tibet, China.  Potala Palace, former abode of the exiled Dalai Lama, reflects in a pool in 1986. The view is now cluttered with modern Chinese structures.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. The Potala, home of the now-exiled Dalai Lama, reflects in an adjacent pool in 1993. The view is now cluttered with modern Chinese structures.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Golden temple roof at Sera Monastery.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. The Potala, home of the now-exiled Dalai Lama, reflects in an adjacent pool in 1986. The view is now cluttered with modern Chinese structures.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags & scrolls tied to a bridge to ensure safe passage.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees prostrate & pray in front of Jokhang Temple, holiest site in Tibet.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Woman passes dog as she spins Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels lining a wall near the Jokhang Temple.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many Tibetan Buddhist temples. Photo from 1986, before explosive city growth and Chinese construction of new buildings.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground (shown here in 1986) are now gone & modern concrete buildings clutter the scene.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees prostrate and pray in Barkhor Plaza in front of Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet's holiest sites.  Potala background.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Medical workers package traditional Tibetan herbal medicines.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Jokhang Temple (L) & Barkhor Plaza in 1986, when this was center of city.  Today many outlying buildings have been razed & sprawling modern development surrounds this scene.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray and make yak butter offerings at chapel inside Jokhang Temple, holiest site in Tibet.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Meat merchant on a pedicab rides his wares to market past Lhasa's Potala Palace, former home of Dalai Lama.
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  • Buddhist icons adorn a temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims wait to enter Norbulinka, summer residence of now-exiled Dalai Lama.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Village girls circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar in 1986.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan monk & pilgrims pray and spin prayer wheels for alms in Barkhor Bazaar surrounding the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray in front of Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, one of holiest in this ancient land.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Chinese shopkeeper sells skins of endangered leopards in Lhasa's Barkor Bazaar near the Jokhang Temple.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims circle Lhasa's Jokhang Temple through the Barkhor Bazaar (1986).
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  • CHINA, TIBET. 8-meter-high Nietang Buddha, 40km SE of Lhasa, largest cliff statue in Tibet, depicting Sakyamuni meditating under Bodhi tree.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala palace, former home of Dalai Lama, viewed from Jokhang Temple (holiest in Tibet), where gilt sculptures adorn the roof. Photo from 1986. Today modern Chinese buildings clutter the view.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray & prostrate in front of Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet's holiest sites.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotee circles Lhasa's Jokhang Temple with prayer wheel & rosary beads as he chants the mantra "Om mani padme hum" (Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus).
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims from remote village circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims pray before printed cloth Buddhas in Barhkor Bazaar surrounding revered Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
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  • The Potala, former abode of the exiled Dalai Lama.
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  • Tibetan Buddhist monks engage in a playful waterfight at a monastery in Tibet.
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  • A tourist stands in a stone tower built over 600 years ago for mysterious reasons.
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  • Tibetan Buddhist nuns chant and pray in a nunnery in Lhasa, China, Tibet.
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  • Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims prostrate themselves on a suspension bridge near the Potala, former home of the Dalai Lama. reflects in a pool in Lhasa, Tibet, China.  This was taken in 1986 and the view is now crowded with modern buildings.
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  • The Potala, former home of the Dalai Lama, reflects in a pool in Lhasa, Tibet, China.  This was taken in 1986 and the view is very different today, with many modern buildings in the range of this frame.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. A nomadic woman, dressed in her finest jewelry, spins wool during a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
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  • A nomadic Tibetan woman, dressed in her finest jewelry, spins wool during a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Pilgrims in Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many Tibetan Buddhist shrines & temples.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA, Prayer flags & The Potala, former abode of Dalai Lama & sacred Buddhist shrine.
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  • Tibet, People's Republic of China. A village with towers east of Lhasa.
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  • Swarthy young men admire passing girls at a village festival near Lhasa in Tibet.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Chinese tourists stroll on a path through mustard fields west of Bayi, along the road to Lhasa.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Buddhist painting, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
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  • Outlying Himalayan ranges east of Lhasa, Namcha Barwa massif bkg.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
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  • A Chinese couple stands in the door of their new roadside restaurant and truck stop between Nyingchi and Lhasa, Tibet.  The painted sign reads in both Tibetan (above) and Chinese.
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  • Tibet, China. Near Lhasa, braided channels of Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River drain northern Himalaya.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many Tibetan Buddhist temples.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA, Prayer flags & The Potala, former abode of Dalai Lama & sacred Buddhist shrine.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Buddhist painting in Drepung Monastery, Lhasa.
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