BEIJING – A 24-year-old Tibetan nomad set fire to himself Friday to protest China's rule in the third reported self-immolation within a week, said the London-based Tibetan rights group Free Tibet. The ...

This video explores a remote area of China often called its “hidden Tibet,” where real Tibetan nomads still live. We document ...

Another harsh winter this year in the part of the Tibetan Plateau that is located in Nepal’s Upper Mustang region has resulted in a massive loss of livestock. Mustang’s nomads have been particularly ...

Ganzi, China, Jun 1 (efe_epa).Ganzi, China, Jun 1 (efe_epa). — Luo Zha is one of hundreds of thousands of former nomadic Tibetans who live in settlements created by China as part of a government ...

Please join us for the opening reception of Daniel Miller’s exhibition and talk on 'Searching for Grass and Water: Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya' in Norlin Library’s Underground West ...

A Tibetan nomad died after setting fire to himself in Qinghai province. This is the latest case in a wave of similar protests that started in 2009 when a monk named Tapey self-immolated during the ...

LANZHOU, China -- Last year, local Communist Party officials relocated a 64-year-old Tibetan cattle and sheepherder named Lhabu to a newly created town called "Nomads' New Village," about seven hours ...

The Israeli government recently dropped its policy of seeking to evict at least 40,000 Bedouin nomads, although the true figure may well be double that estimate, from their ancestral lands in the ...

DAMSHUNG, Tibet — For centuries, change came only with the seasons to Tibet’s alpine grasslands, painted rusty yellow in winter and emerald green in summer. Yaks and sheep roamed free in lush pastures ...

Ecological protection efforts in the Tibet autonomous region have presented nomadic herdsmen with a perplexing challenge: what to do when Tibetan wild donkeys are competing for sparse pasture with ...

A hunt for elusive treasure in a stark and staggeringly beautiful landscape. It’s not hard to see what lured Getty photojournalist Kevin Frayer to the remote mountains and grasslands of the Tibetan ...