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• April 9: Ashin Nanikabhivamsa, a Burmese monk who currently lives in Fremont, Calif., left, and Jack Kornfield, Buddhist teacher and co-founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, right, lead a group of Burma supporters in a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. in an effort to bring awareness to what they believe are human rights violations by the Chinese government.
• April 9: Protesters marching up Chicago's Michigan Ave. against Chinese policies on Tibet, pass a Chicago 2016 Olympic bid poster. The protest march to the Chinese consulate coincided with the Olympic torch relay taking place in San Francisco.
• April 9: Protesters march up Chicago's Michigan Ave. against Chinese policies on Tibet. The protest march to the Chinese consulate coincided with the Olympic torch relay taking place in San Francisco. The John Hancock building is in background.
• April 9: A Tibetan protester dressed as a member of China's army pretends to beat on Tibetans during demonstration at a rally against China's Olympic torch relay at the Ferry Plaza in San Francisco.
• April 9: Dickey Chozom, from Madison, Wis., prays during a protest against China's policies on Tibet in Chicago. The march to the Chinese embassy and protest coincided with the Olympic torch relay taking place in San Francisco.
• April 9: Kerri Walsh, a former Olympic volleyball gold medalist, carries the Olympic torch in San Francisco.
• April 9: Sportscaster Raj Matthai of San Jose, Calif., carries the Olympic torch in San Francisco.
• April 9: Torch-bearer Andrew Michael, left, exchanges the Olympic torch during the Beijing Olympic torch relay in San Francisco.
• April 9: Torch-bearers exchange the Olympic flame along Van Ness Avenue during the Beijing Olympic torch relay in San Francisco.
• April 8: Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks in support of Tibet in San Francisco. About a thousand demonstrators gathered on the eve of San Franciscos Olympic torch run to denounce Chinas human rights record.
• April 8: About a thousand demonstrators gather on the eve of San Franciscos Olympic torch run to denounce Chinas human rights record on Tuesday in San Francisco.
• April 8: Paden Wangchuk chants during a pro-Tibet rally in San Francisco.
• April 8: Kalsang Gyaltsen, foreground, chants during a pro-Tibet rally in San Francisco. Gyaltsen, born in Tibet, joined hundreds of demonstrators protesting China's human rights record as runners prepare to carry the Olympic flame through San Francisco on Wednesday.
• April 8: Olympic torch bearer Dean Karnazes, 44, of San Francisco participates in a media event in San Francisco. One unidentified runner who planned to carry the flame in San Francisco dropped out because of safety concerns. Kortney Clemons, 27, of Little Rock, Mississippi at right.
• April 8: Actor Richard Gere speaks at a pro-Tibet rally in San Francisco.
• April 8: A San Francisco Police officer watches as Tibetan monks lead a march toward the Chinese Consulate in protest of China's Olympic torch in San Francisco.
• April 8: Demonstrators fill the street in front of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco.
• April 8: Olympic torch bearer Kortney Clemons, 27, of Little Rock, Mississippi participates in a media event in San Francisco. One unidentified runner who planned to carry the flame in San Francisco dropped out because of safety concerns.
• April 8: Tibetans and supporters yell at a rally in protest of China's Olympic torch at City Hall in San Francisco.
• April 8: Jiang Xiaoyu, left, executive vice president of the Beijing organizing committee, and an unidentified handler, right, holds the Olympic flame, shortly after arriving at San Francisco International airport.
• April 8: Jiang Xiaoyu, left, executive vice president of the Beijing organizing committee, holds the Olympic flame with an unidentified handler, shortly after arriving at San Francisco International airport.
• April 7: Protestors descend cables on the Golden Gate Bridge 2008, in San Francisco.
• April 7: Three people protesting China's human rights record and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch climb up the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
• April 7: Members of the Students for a Free Tibet are arrested while helping three climbers hang a banner from the Golden Gate Bridge to protest against China and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch in San Francisco.
• April 7: Three people protesting China's human rights record and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch climbed up the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and tied Tibetan flags and two banners to its cables.
• April 7: A protestor, wearing a "Team Tibet" shirt, is led away after being arrested by a California Highway Patrol officer.
• Map shows the proposed route of the 2008 Olympic torch relay.