A meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee was held on Friday to review two documents regarding the Party's inspection work.

As the first ray of sunshine reaches the tip of a stupa outside Rongpo Monastery, Ngawang Paljor braces against the wind and begins his walk along a winding path, chanting mantras as he goes.

Tibetans embraced the first day of the fourth month in the Tibetan calendar, which marks the beginning of the holy month of Saga Dawa, the anniversary of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death.