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FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/Hindustan Times/REX/Shutterstock (10033447i)
Tibetan spiritual leader The 14th Dalai Lama speaks on 'The Compassion and the Need for Universal Responsibility' at the 11th Silver Lecture at Guru Nanak college
11th Silver Lecture, Mumbai University, India - 12 Dec 2018
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REPORTAGE - Tibeter in China
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sipa Asia/REX/Shutterstock (9132891d)
Tibetan people living in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Sichuan is a province with abundant natural and cultural heritage. With several major Tibetan tribes, the Sichuan Tibetan region has become a focus for European visitors and a hotspot for domestic cyclists.
Life of Tibet - 11 Oct 2017
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REPORTAGE - Tibeter in China
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sipa Asia/REX/Shutterstock (9132891i)
Tibetan people living in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Sichuan is a province with abundant natural and cultural heritage. With several major Tibetan tribes, the Sichuan Tibetan region has become a focus for European visitors and a hotspot for domestic cyclists.
Life of Tibet - 11 Oct 2017
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FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Die Bilder des Tages
The celebration of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's 82nd birthday. (Photo by Irynka Hromotska / Pacific Press/Sipa USA) *** Local Caption *** 21797871
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FEATURE - Bilder der Woche
June 17, 2017 - La Jolla, US - Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, is keynote speaker at the University of California San Diego All Campus Commencement.. ÒYou have the opportunity to create a better world, a happier world,Ó said His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, who delivered the keynote address to 25,000 University of California San Diego graduates and their families today during the universityÕs All Campus Commencement..A record number of 9,000 students graduate from UC San Diego this weekend (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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FEATURE - Tibet: Land und Leute
(4/28/2017) Inside Potala Palace former chief residence of the Dalai Lama, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lhasa, Tibet, China (Photo by Sergi Reboredo/Sipa USA) *** Local Caption *** 20844380
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FEATURE - Tibet: Land und Leute
(4/25/2017) Monks with musical instruments inside Tashilumpo Monastery at Shigatse, Tibet, China. (Photo by Sergi Reboredo/Sipa USA) *** Local Caption *** 20844453
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FEATURE - Tibet: Land und Leute
(4/22/2017) Monks outside of the Sera Monastery Temple, Lhasa, Tibet. The monastery of Sera, in Lhasa, is known for the discussions between monks (Photo by Sergi Reboredo/Sipa USA) *** Local Caption *** 20844385
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FEATURE - Tibet: Land und Leute
(4/22/2017) Tibetan buddhist devotees do the Kora clockwise circumambulation around Jokhang temple, Lhasa Tibet. Pilgrim with a prayer wheel (Photo by Sergi Reboredo/Sipa USA) *** Local Caption *** 20844382
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NEWS - Barack Obama trifft Dalai Lama in Washington
June 15, 2016 - Washington, DC, United States of America - U.S President Barack Obama embraces His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the entrance of the Map Room of the White House June 15, 2016 in Washington, DC. In deference to China Obama didn't meet in the traditional venue of the Oval Office (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 11, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Tserlan, 7, and her grandmother Anidolma, 69, with a wheelbarrow outside their home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province, as her granddaughter waits with a wheelbarrow outside the stone wall, which is used to keep the family's yaks in at night. During the summer months, Anidolma and her family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469396
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 11, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma (C), 69, approaches her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province, as her granddaughter Tserlan, 7, waits with a wheelbarrow outside the stone wall, which is used to keep the family's yaks in at night. During the summer months, Anidolma and her family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469403
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 11, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: View of 5,820m Mount Yala (left), a holy mountain to Tibetan Buddhists in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469402
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 11, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Sola (L), 38, prepares breakfast for her mother at her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, Sola and her family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469404
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 11, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Sola, 38, washes her face in the morning at the home she shares with her mother and two daughters in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, she and her family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469408
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 11, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Sola, 38, prepares boiling water at the home she shares with her mother and two daughters in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, she and her family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469399
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 11, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, picks up yak dung after releasing her family's 27 yaks to graze on the Tagong grasslands outside her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. Yak dung is used both as a building material to reinforce stone walls as well as a fuel for fires. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469409
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 11, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, opens a gate of individual logs that are placed each evening at the entrance to her yard to keep her family's 27 yaks in at her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. Anidolma knows each yak's name and age. During the summer months, Anidolma and her family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469400
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, holds her granddaughter Rensgamo, 2, in her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, the family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469401
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Thserlan Degi, 7, prays with a Tibetan prayer wheel in her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, the family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469406
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, prays with a Tibetan prayer wheel in her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, the family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469375
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Penzo, 44, tends to a horse after his semi-nomadic family of Tibetan herders have driven their animals inside the walls of their home in the historical Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469374
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Penzo, 44, stands in his yard after his semi-nomadic family of Tibetan herders have driven their animals inside the walls of their home during colder months in the historical Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469394
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Penzo, 44, stands in his yard after his semi-nomadic family of Tibetan herders have driven their animals inside the walls of their home during the warmer months in the historical Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469387
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Penzo, 44, bridles a colt in the yard of his home in the historical Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. At the end of each day, his semi-nomadic family of Tibetan herders drive their animals into their yard. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469386
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Galemnora, 16, stands among horses and yaks in the yard of his home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469393
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Penzo, 44, counts yaks that his family have herded inside the wall of their home in the historical Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469383
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Galemnora, 16, rides a motorcycle to drive a herd of yaks near his home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469380
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Thserlan Degi, 7, at the farm where she lives with her mother, grandmother and sister, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year. During the summer months, the family will move with their yaks and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469377
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, lights a stove with dry twigs and yak dung in her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, the family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469388
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma (R), 69, and her daughter Dayko (L), 50 watch as Tserlan, 7, the daughter of Dayko's sister attempts to drive a yak by pulling it by a rope around its neck near their home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469378
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Tserlan, 7, is watched by her grandmother Anidolma (R), 69, and aunt Dayko (L), 50, as she attempts to drive a yak by pulling it by a rope around its horns near their home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469384
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma (C), 69, and her daughter Dayko, 50, prepare to herd a yak that they had to lift to its hooves as her grandchildren play near her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. Locals claim that although yaks are often weak after suffering through harsh winters, more yaks than usual have been dying which they blame on pollution in a river 30 km downstream from a tungsten mine. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469395
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: A Tibetan herder family gathers around a yak that is unable to stand on the grasslands near their home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. Locals claim that although yaks are often weak after suffering through harsh winters, more yaks than usual have been dying which they blame on pollution in a river 30 km downstream from a tungsten mine. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469385
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma (L), 69, and her daughter, grandson, granddaughter stand by a yak that is unable to stand on the grasslands near her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. Locals claim that although yaks are often weak after suffering through harsh winters, more yaks than usual have been dying which they blame on pollution in a river 30 km downstream from a tungsten mine. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469389
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, holds stones that she will gently throw to herd yaks on the grasslands near her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, the family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469390
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, holds stones that she will gently throw to herd yaks on the grasslands near her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, the family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469391
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, herds a yak on the grasslands near her home in the former Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, the family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469373
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, with her family's mule at the home she shares with her daughter, two granddaughters and 27 yaks in the historical Kham Region of eastern Tibet, now part of Sichuan Province. During the summer months, the family will travel with their yaks across the Tagong grasslands in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469371
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: (L-R) Sola, 38, and her mother Anidolma, 69, load a mule before setting off across the grasslands that surround their home. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469370
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: (L-R) Sola, 38, and her mother Anidolma, 69, load a mule before setting off across the grasslands that surround their home. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469392
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: (L-R) Anidolma, 69, walks with her daughter Sola, 38, who rides a mule across the grasslands around their home. Their family has 27 yaks. During summer months they will travel with their yak herd and live in a tent. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469372
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, strains under the load of a basket on her back loaded yak dung, which is used by Tibetan yak herders as both as a building material and a source of fuel for fires in their homes. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469381
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, strengthens a stone wall surrounding her house with yak dung. The matriarch's family has 27 yaks, which are the family's most valuable possessions. Anidolma knows each yak's name and age. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469411
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, strengthens a stone wall surrounding her house with yak dung. The matriarch's family has 27 yaks, which are the family's most valuable possessions. Anidolma knows each yak's name and age. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469398
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, strengthens a stone wall surrounding her house with yak dung. The matriarch's family has 27 yaks, which are the family's most valuable possessions. Anidolma knows each yak's name and age. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469405
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Sola, 38, saddles her family's mule before riding to herd yaks. Her family owns 27 yaks, which are their most valuable possession. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469397
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, strains under the load of a basket on her back loaded yak dung, which is used by Tibetan yak herders as both as a building material and a source of fuel for fires in their homes. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469407
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: Anidolma, 69, strengthens a stone wall surrounding her house with yak dung. The matriarch's family has 27 yaks, which are the family's most valuable possessions. Anidolma knows each yak's name and age. The family, semi-nomadic Tibetans for most of the year, will move with their yaks and live in a tent during the summer months. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469410
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REPORTAGE - China: Tibetanische Hirten in Tagong
May 10, 2016 - Tagong, Sichuan, China: A dog with the head of a yak given to it to eat by its semi-nomadic Tibetans owners. Locals claim that although yaks are often weak after suffering through harsh winters, more yaks than usual have been dying which they blame on pollution from a tungsten mine 30 km away. The ethnic Tibetan yak herders practice Tibetan Buddhism and only eat or sell yak meat after yaks die of natural causes or by accident. (Dave Tacon/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05469382
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