The streets of Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region, are alive with a festive atmosphere as locals have been preparing to celebrate the upcoming Tibetan New Year, also known as Losar.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on 6 July 1935, to a farming family, in a small hamlet located in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet. At ...