New York State Assembly member Steven Raga speaks at a rally for Tibet's independence from China at a vigil for Pawo Lobga Rangzen, an activist from East Tibet living in New York who self-immolated and died outside of the United Nations Headquarters in July, in Times Square in New York, on August 1, 2026. A man died after setting himself on fire outside the UN's headquarters in New York on July 2, police said, with activists and reports identifying him as a pro-Tibet campaigner. Tencho Gyatso, President of the International Campaign for Tibet, named the deceased man as Lobga Rangzen. "Lobga was a tireless advocate for Tibet who devoted himself to peacefully raising awareness of the human rights crisis in Tibet," Gyatso said in a statement to AFP. (Photo by Angelina Katsanis / AFP via Getty Images)