A plasterer stuccos the outer wall of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Oct. 22, 2008. Plasterers stucco the outer wall of the magnificent palace with a traditional Tibetan building painting every year, in order to cover the track of rain drops after the rain season. [Chogo/Xinhua]

(Xinhua News Agency October 23, 2008)