A newly arrived Tibetan refugee drinks tea at a refugee center in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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A newly arrived Tibetan refugee drinks tea at a refugee center in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal is home to about 20,000 exiled Tibetans who began arriving in large numbers in 1959 after the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama fled Tibet following a failed uprising against the Chinese Army.

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Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Photo credit: © William Meyer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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