A new year begins

The owner of a handicraft stall in Lhasa does brisk business during the Tibetan New Year.

Tibetans exchange qiema boxes, filled with wheat, tsamba bread and butter sculptures, with friends and neighbors.

Specials

A massive 8.8 magnitude quake hit the northeast coast of Japan on March 11,2011.

Lawmakers and political advisers gather in Beijing to discuss major issues.

A massive earthquake hit Japan hard, leaving thousands dead.