Tibetan woman with 'Save Tibet' gag and Free TIbet flags at Tibetan Freedom Torch Relay in London
Athletes of Tibetan origin living around the world want to compete for Tibet in the Olympic Games and formed a national Olympic committee and made an application to the International Olympic Committee to compete in Beijing. They received no response to this and last month withdrew their application, demanding the IOC remove all Olympic Torch relay stops in Tibet, including those in the Tibetan areas now a part of Chinese provinces. The Tibet Freedom Torch Relay began in Olympia, Greece on March 10th, the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising, and has traveled across Europe, with ceremonies in Budapest, Rome, Munich and Edinburgh and London. I photographed the torch as a battery-powered version was carried to the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras, en route - like that other Olympic torch - to Paris. It was carried by one of the Drapchi nuns. From Paris it will travel through North and South America and Asia, with its arrival in Tibet planned for the first day of the Beijing Olympics.
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Location: Argyle Square, London, England, UK
Photo credit: © Peter Marshall / Alamy / Afripics
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