March 2008: Protests over Tibet
Tibetan monks and others gather outside the presidential palace in Taipei for a candlight vigil to protest the Chinese crackdown in Tibet. (Goh Chai Hin AFP/Getty Images)
Tibetan monks in Taipei protest the violence in Tibet. (Goh Chai Hin AFP/Getty Images)
Protestors in Taipei carry a portrait of the Dalai Lama, who said he would resign as the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile if violence in his Himalayan homeland worsens. (Goh Chai Hin AFP/Getty Images)
Belgian riot police officers confront exiled Tibetan demonstrators in Brussels. Several demonstrators were arrested. (Dominique Faget AFP/Getty Images)
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Outside the Chinese embassy in Madrid, protestors denounce the Chinese crackdown in Tibet. (Pedro Armestre AFP/Getty Images)
Tibetan students hold a hunger strike outside the Chinese embassy in London in protest of the violence in Tibet. (Akira Suemori / Associated Press)
Tibetans, along with their supporters, stage a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in Oslo. About 100 people demonstrated outside Norway’s parliament in a show of support for Tibet and called for a United Nations probe into the violence in the region. (Hakon Mosvold Larsen / AFP / Getty Images)
Tibetan protesters with painted faces stand outside the International Olympic Committee headquarters during the rally. The demonstrators handed a letter to the IOC urging them to break their silence on the unrest. (Fabrice Coffrini AFP/Getty Images)