Novice monks at the Sakya Tharig Monastery near the UNESCO World Heritage Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. The youngsters stopped cleaning a courtyard of tumbled bricks and debris long enough to pose for a photo. Their serious expressions changed into broad grins when I showed them the photo on my camera’s display. The Sakya Tharig Monastery was built in 1969 by Tibetan Monks who fled from the 1959 invasion of Tibet by Chinese forces.
