Tibetans celebrate Dalai Lama’s birthday as he turns 84

Hundreds of people joined the Dala Lama in the Indian city of Dharamsala to celebrate his 84th birthday.

Tibetans around the world are celebrating the Dalai Lama‘s birthday.

As the Tibetan spiritual leader, who lives in self-imposed exile in India, turns 84, the question about his successor has become more pressing.

Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat reports.