(FILES) People rally for Tibet's independence from China at a vigil for Pawo Lobga Rangzen, an activist from East Tibet living in New York who self-immolated and died outside of the United Nations Headquarters in July, in Times Square in New York, on August 1, 2026. No one knew what Lobga Rangzen was planning. Not the monk who was his friend of 30 years, not his niece in New York. The niece was watching the World Cup on TV in Queens when she heard from a friend that her uncle had "burned himself" in front of the United Nations in Manhattan. (Photo by Angelina Katsanis / AFP via Getty Images)