Dalai Lama in the White House at an official meet with President Obama - one of the first photos like this ever taken inside the White House. This photo takes care not to include specific symbols of the White House.
Of course, the Dalai Lama was wearing his flip-flops.
Photo by BBC.
"China, which sent troops into Tibet in 1950 but has long claimed it as its own, considers the Dalai Lama a separatist. Beijing tries to isolate the spiritual leader by asking foreign leaders not to see him.
The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule and has since been living in India.
The Dalai Lama has met every sitting US president since 1991, with each visit drawing Chinese ire.
But George W Bush's meeting with the Dalai Lama in 2007 was the first time a sitting US president had appeared in public with the exiled Tibetan leader." - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8523319.stm
