Voted Out

Tshering Tobgay, the outgoing premier of Bhutan

In this handout photograph released by Royal Office for Media Bhutan, Japan's Princess Mako, center, the granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, is flanked by Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar ...

UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador Aamir Khan during his visit to advocate against malnutrition, in Bhutan.

Britain's Kate Duchess of Cambridge, left, and The Queen of Bhutan Jetsun Pema walk during a visit to the Tashichho Dzong in Thimphu, during day five of the royal tour to India ...

in this photo provided by Royal Kingdom of Bhutan, from left to right, Bhutan's queen, Jetsun Pema, Bhutan's king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, Britain's Prince William, and Kate,...

From left to right, Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, Bhutan's Queen, Jetsun Pema, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and Britain's Prince William pose for a photograph in Thimp...

In this photo provided by Royal Kingdom of Bhutan, Britain's Prince William left, walks with Bhutan's king, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Participants of Bhutan-Bangladesh-India-Nepal (BBIN) friendship car rally at Agartala.

A Parliamentary delegation from Bhutan led by Jigme Zangpo, speaker of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Bhutan with Vice-President and Chairman, Rajya Sabha Hamid Ansari ...

Lopon Sangay Rinchen is a Mandala Master and an adept artist. He shows me the painting he is currently working on. Trongsa Dzong, Trongsa, Central Bhutan, 2005

A view of Taktsang Goemba or 'Tiger's Nest', from a lookout right across on the trek from Paro to Taktsang. Near Paro, West Bhutan, 2005.

A thondrol, a huge thangka, more than 18 metres square, is unfurled before sunrise on the final day of the tshechu at Paro Dzong. Paro, West Bhutan, 2005.

Dorji feeds her baby at her parents' Teye-tey and Lham's home, Rukha village, West-Central Bhutan, 20014.

Theotpa Gali leaps up enacting the story of Merak in the Yak Cham. Merak, East Bhutan, 2004.

The zimpon (a general of the Shab-drung's army) performs a sword dance called the baey and le-ma at the Punakha Dromchoe outside the Punakha Dzong in Punakha, West Bhutan, 2004.

Kinley Lhaden and Kencho Om harvest the crop in Laya village, North-west Bhutan, 2003.

Tenzing breaks in a young yak and tames him by teaching him how to plough a field in Laya village, North-west Bhutan, 2003.

Nawang Jambay, Dorji, Tsomo and behind is her daughter Karma; on the deck is Tsomo's husband and their grandchildren at their home in Ugyen Chholing Village in Tang Valley, Bumthan...

An unrestored original painting from circa 1501, Tamshing Goemba in Jakar, Bumthang, Central Bhutan, 2003.

Lopon Yonten teaching a young monk at Tamshing Goemba in Jakar, Bumthang, Central Bhutan, 2003.