Olympic torch relay starts in Lhasa

Ethnic Tibetan dancers wait to perform during the Olympic torch relay outside the Potala palace in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region June 21, 2008. At the end of the relay, the "Qomolangma flame" will be reunited with the main flame, after which the torch will travel to Qinghai province, on Saturday night. [Xinhua/BOCOG/Agencies]

Local dancers perform a Tibetan ethnic dance to welcome the Olympic flame in front of the Potala Palace during the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on June 21, 2008. [BOCOG]