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Lhasa, Tibet: Potala Palace Tibet Autonomous Region, China
The 14th Dalai Lama with hands pressed in prayer appears next to a silhouette with a question mark and the text "the next Dalai Lama" between blue arrows.
Snow-covered Mount Everest rises above surrounding peaks, viewed from Tibet, with a few wisps of cloud near the summit against a clear blue sky. Mount Kailash Tibet Autonomous Region: stupa on the Yarlung Zangbo Lake Mapam yak Buddhist monk Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, rises above the city with its massive white walls, tiered red and gold upper levels, and long staircases leading up the hillside.
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Lhasa, Tibet: Potala Palace
Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
© Ron Gatepain (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Tibet Autonomous Region, China
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Mount Everest
North Face of Mount Everest, above the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
© Dmitry Pichugin/Shutterstock.com
Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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Tibet Autonomous Region: stupa on the Yarlung Zangbo
Stupa on the bank of the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) River, southern Tibet Autonomous...
© Naomi Duguid/Asia Access
Lake Mapam
Lake Mapam, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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yak
Domesticated yak (Bos grunniens) in Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Dennis Jarvis (CC-BY-2.0) (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Buddhist monk
Tibetan Buddhist monks in a monastery.
Dennis Jarvis (CC-BY-2.0) (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Potala Palace complex
Potala Palace complex, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
© Adam Crowley—Photodisc/Getty Images
Tibet: barley fields
Fields of barley being harvested in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
© crystaltmc—iStock/Getty Images
Tibetan carpet
Tibetan carpet.
© photobank.ch/Shutterstock.com
Tibet Autonomous Region: road at the base of the Himalayas
Road at the base of the Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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Tibet Autonomous Region: road along the Himalayas
Road along the Himalayas in southern Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
© Stefano Tronci/Shutterstock.com
Tibet: thang-ka
A Tibetan thang-ka depicting a mahasiddha; in the Tibet House,...
Courtesy of Tibet House, New Delhi
prayer flags and tents near Mount Everest
Prayer flags strung from a tent near Mount Everest, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
© Stephen Venables
prayer wheel
Rows of prayer wheels at a Tibetan monastery.
Dennis Jarvis (CC-BY-2.0) (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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