March 14, 2008: Protesters led by Tibetan Buddhist monks shout slogans as they carry the Tibetan flag during a demonstration near the historic Labrang Monastery in Gansu province in northwestern China. The protests began March 10 when 500 monks from the Drepang Monastery marched into Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, to commemorate a failed 1959 uprising against communist rule.

March 14, 2008: Protests turn violent in Lhasa as demonstrators throw stones at army vehicles and overturn cars on the street.

March 16, 2008: Chinese state television shows armed soldiers on the streets of Lhasa. The Tibetan government in exile says that more than 99 Tibetans have died in the violence. China denies using deadly force to quell the protests and blames Tibetan rioters for killing at least a dozen people.

March 16, 2008: The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, condemns China’s “rule of terror” and “cultural genocide.” China blames the “Dalai Lama clique” for allegedly inciting the violence in Lhasa.

March 16, 2008: Tibetan youth surround and attack a Han Chinese man on the street in Lhasa.

March 16, 2008: Photographs of Lhasa show burned-out storefronts. China accuses Tibetan rioters of attacking establishments owned by Han Chinese.

March 18, 2008: A Tibetan protester stands outside the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Tibetan exiles have demonstrated in front of Chinese embassies around the world this week to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet.