News in pictures: Dalai Lama's visit cleared, President Patil in UK & more

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama prays for four Tibetans executed in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, for their alleged role in deaths by arson in March 2008, in Dharamshala on Monday. India on Tuesday approved the exiled monk's week-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh despite objections from China. The spiritual leader will be visiting the 300-year-old Tawang monastery among other places from November 8. AFP