a lone pilgram walks across a mountain landscape near a shrine, in the Himalayas. Tibet 2008

Chinese riot police patrol the streets of Yushu during the Tibet uprising of 2008

Buddhist pilgrams walk past stones with prayers painted on them. Tibet 2008

Tibetan Buddhist monks watch with concern as a Chinese riot police patrol passes by during the Tibetan uprising of 2008

Mountain vista. Tibet 2008

Young Buddhist monks hone their debating skills inside a monastry. Tibet 2008

Buddhist monks chant and pray early morning at their monastery. Tibet 2008

Tibetans practice 'sky burials', where deceased people, after Buddhist rites, are cut up and left for the vultures. Tibet 2008

A young monk regarded as a reincarnation of a senior lhama, in his monastery chambers. Tibet 2008

Buddhist monks in their monastery glance at a small photo of the Dalai Lhama. Tibet 2008

portrait of the Karmapa Lhama hangs in a monastery in Tibet, 2008

Women collect and refine 'Himalayan' salt. Tibet 2008

Tibetans in a tea shop. 2008

Tibetan women, 2008

Monks near the statue of famous Tibetan King Gesaer. Near Yushu, Tibet 2008

Young monks play soccer outside their monastery. Tibet 2008

Tibetan monastery and shrines, 2008

Tibetan prayer flags flutter in the mountain winds. 2008