A buddhist worshipper spins a prayer wheel as she laps Barkor as a part of her daily religious rituals in Lhasa, Tibet.

A young monk carries a teapot of water on the grounds of the Drepung Monastery just outside of Lhasa, Tibet.

A mother and her daughter leave the Jokhang Temple after praying in Lhasa, Tibet.

One boy waits to board a bus and another rests in the window at the long distance bus station in Lhasa, Tibet. Travel within Tibet has long been a problem with the great heights and distance between villages.

A young boy struggles to get his goat to follow him at the Drepung Monastery just outside of Lhasa, Tibet.

Two monks debate their daily lessons in a courtyard on the grounds of Drepung Monastery just outside of Lhasa, Tibet.

An elderly woman begs for money on a street in Lhasa, Tibet.

A Muslim cook prepares food in the kitchen of his restaurant in Lhasa, Tibet.

A monk talking on a cell phone walks through Barkor square at the center of Lhasa, Tibet.

A monk leaves one of the many halls inside of the Drepung monastery just outside of Lhasa, Tibet.

Buddhist worshippers prostrate themselves in pray inside the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet.

A Buddhist worshipper spins a prayer wheel as she laps the famed Potala Palace, former home to the exiled Dalai lama, in Lhasa, Tibet.

An elderly walks the back streets of Lhasa spinning a prayer wheel in lhasa, Tibet.

Visitors and worshippers walk around a smoke filled Barkor square in Lhasa, Tibet.