Torch relay starts along Qinghai lake

Xinhua
Updated: 2008-06-23 14:56

Participants stand for one minute in silence to mourn the victims affected by last month's earthquake at an opening ceremony during the Beijing Olympic torch relay along Qinghai Lake, the largest inland saltwater lake in China, June 23, 2008. Half of the 162 torchbearers are Tibetans. [Xinhua]