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The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje (L) and Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay (R) arrives at Tsuk-la Khang, the main temple at Dharamshala, for a mass prayer service for the 47 Tibetans who have set their bodies on fire in the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet. Dolkar, around 26 years of age set herself on fire on August 7, near the Tsoe Monastery in the Amdo Kanlho region of eastern Tibet and Lobsang Tsultrim, a 21 year old monk of Kirti Monastery set himself on fire near the Kirti Monastery on August 6, protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile, Dharamshala, India, August 8, 2012. (Phayul photo/Norbu Wangyal)
[Wednesday, August 08, 2012, Phayul]
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