(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130213-self-immolation-jsw-01.photoblog600.jpg)Prakash Mathema / AFP - Getty Imageintercourseiled Tibetans take part in a candlelight vigil following the self-immolation attempt by a monk earlier in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 13.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130213-self-immolation-jsw-02.photoblog600.jpg)Narendra Shrestha / EPATibetans-in-exhile attend a candlelit vigil after a Tibetan man self-immolated at Boudhanath in Kathmandu on Feb. 13.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130213-self-immolation-jsw-03.photoblog600.jpg)Niranjan Shrestha / APAn Exiled Tibetan participates in a candle light vigil in solidarity with fellow Tibetans who have self-immolated, in Katmandu, Feb. 13.Exiled Tibetans in Kathmandu, Nepal, participated in a candle light vigil Wednesday to show solidarity with fellow Tibetans who have self-immolated as a protest against Chinese rule. Earlier in the day, a monk doused himself with gasoline in a Kathmandu restaurant at Boudhanath Stupa, one of the world's holiest Buddhist shrines, and set himself on fire, marking the 100th self-immolation attempt since 2009.
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