After a month-and-a-half visit to southern India, globetrotting Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Friday returned ...

After a month-and-a-half visit to southern India, globetrotting Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Friday returned to his home, where he has been staying for more than six decades, his aides ...

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday. In Beijing, people crowded the Lama Temple at dawn while big crowds also ...

(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) A man holding incense sticks prays on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Lama Temple in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake.

Similar scenes played out after daylight in the morning at the Lama Temple in Beijing, a historic Tibetan Buddhist institution that draws large crowds on the first day of every lunar year.

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In Beijing, people crowded the Lama Temple at dawn while big crowds also flocked to temple fairs across the city. (AP video shot by: Wayne Zhang) Cuba’s small Chinese community celebrated the Lunar ...

A man holding incense sticks prays on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Lama Temple in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ...