Dalai Lama attends prayer in Dharamshala a day ahead of his 90th birthday

His followers see him as the face of Tibet’s aspirations for greater autonomy, but have for years wrestled with the idea that he might be the last person to hold the role. He put that speculation to rest Wednesday, just days before he turns 90 on Sunday. There will be a successor after his death, he announced, and the Dalai Lama’s office will lead the search and recognize a successor in accordance with past tradition.

(AP video by Rishi Lekhi and Shonal Ganguly)

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