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An exiled Tibetan man wearing glasses with a likeness of the Dalai Lama prays during a protest at a local neighborhood after they were stopped from protesting near the venue where Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was attending a meeting, in New Delhi, India, on 20 May 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was visiting India just weeks after the two nations resolved a tense standoff between their troops over the disputed Himalayan border between their two countries.
An exiled Tibetan holds a Tibetan flag as he shouts slogans during a protest at a local neighbourhood after they were stopped from protesting near the venue where Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was attending a meeting, in New Delhi, India, on 20 May 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was visiting India just weeks after the two nations resolved a tense standoff between their troops over the disputed Himalayan border between their two countries.
A lone Tibetan protestor who tried to stage a protest against the visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang outside the Chinese embassy, is taken away by Indian police in New Delhi, India, on 19 May 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.
Demonstrators burn an effigy depicting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a protest against his visit to India, in New Delhi on 19 May 2013. Li is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Sunday for a three-day state visit.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama blesses the audience at the end of the environmental summit at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, US, on 11 May 2013.
The audience is blessed by the Dalai Lama after the environmental summit at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, US on 11 May 2013.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during "His Holiness the Dalai Lama Environmental Summit" at the University of Portland Chiles Centre, Oregon, US, on 9 May 2013.
Children offer flowers to the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during "His Holiness the Dalai Lama Environmental Summit" at the University of Portland Chiles Centre, Oregon, US, on 9 May 2013.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama watches a Native American Cultural performance during "His Holiness the Dalai Lama Environmental Summit" at University of Portland Chiles Centre, Oregon, US, on 9 May 2013.
A girl sits by Buddhist monks during a public meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Trento, Italy, after he received the Award of Minorities by the province of Bolzano on 11 April 2013.
Busts of Thupten Ngodup, left, and Jamphel Yeshi, both of whom self-immolated for the Tibetan cause in Delhi in 1998 and 2012 respectively. Jamphel Yeshi's bust was unveiled at a ceremony by Tibetan Youth Congress in McLeod Ganj, India, on 28 March 2013.
Exile Tibetans offering Khata to the busts of Thupten Ngodup, left, and Jamphel Yeshi during the unveiling of the bust of Jamphel Yeshi newly installed by Tibetan Youth Congress at Lhagyal-ri in McLeod Ganj, India, on 28 March 2013. Yeshi set himself on fire on 26 March protesting the visit of Chinese president Hu Jintao to India to attend the fourth BRICS summit in New Delhi. He died two days later in hospital in Delhi.
Palden Gyatso, renowned former Tibetan political prisoner, offers a prayer during the unveiling of the bust of Jamphel Yeshi installed by Tibetan Youth Congress at Lhagyal-ri in McLeod Ganj, India, on 28 March 2013. Yeshi set himself on fire on 26 March protesting the visit of Chinese president Hu Jintao to India to attend the fourth BRICS summit in New Delhi. He died two days later in hospital in Delhi.
Lhasang Tsering, a renowned "independent Tibet" activist, reacts emotionally during the unveiling of the bust of Jamphel Yeshi installed by Tibetan Youth Congress at Lhagyal-ri in McLeod Ganj, India, on 28 March 2013. Yeshi set himself on fire on 26 March protesting the visit of Chinese president Hu Jintao to India to attend the fourth BRICS summit in New Delhi. He died two days later in hospital in Delhi.
An exile Tibetan monk prays during a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of Lobsang Thokmay, a monk of Kirti monastery in Tibet's Amdo region, after he set himself ablaze on Saturday in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet, in McLeod Ganj, India, on 17 March 2013.
Exile Tibetan Lobsang Tsangmada displays a Tibetan flag atop one of Geneva's landmarks, a giant chair with a broken leg, to commemorate the 54th Tibetan uprising day in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 March 2013.
Exile Tibetans march through main bazaar in Dalhousie, India, to commemorate the 54th Tibetan uprising day on 10 March 2013.
Exile Tibetans hold a candlelight vigil to stand in solidarity with Tibetan self-immolators in Tibet, in Paonta Sahib, India, on 26 February 2013.
An exile Tibetan prays during a prayer session to bring peace in Tibet, where more than 100 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in protest against the Chinese rule of the country since 1959, at the Tibetan camp in Majnu ka Tilla, Delhi, on 20 February 2013.
Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks pray to bring peace in Tibet, where more than 100 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in protest against the Chinese rule of the country since 1959, at the Tibetan camp in Majnu ka Tilla, Delhi, on 20 February 2013.
