Two visitors by a stupa at the Ganden BuddhistMonastery on Wangbur Mountain in Tibet as an older Tibetan woman descends some stairs.

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The Ganden Monastery sits at the top of a natural amphitheater on Wangbur Mountain. It was founded in 1409 but was mostly destroyed in 1959 by the Chinese military. It has been partially rebuilt. Near Lhasa, Tibet.

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Location: Tibet
Photo credit: © Jon G. Fuller, Jr. / Alamy / Afripics
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