A protester set himself ablaze outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan on Thursday evening.
The man planted a Tibetan flag on the sidewalk near East 42nd Street and First Avenue before igniting himself in full view of UN surveillance cameras.
Authorities recovered signs and papers at the scene reading “China Out of Tibet.”
An NYPD officer was photographed holding one of the signs as emergency crews rushed to the scene.
The protester was transported to Bellevue Hospital with severe burns and was later pronounced dead.
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