TIBETAN HEALING CEREMONY GERE

Actor Richard Gere, center, watches Tibetan monks Phuntsok, far left, and Jamyang, far right, from the Drepung Loseling Monastery pour sand from metal funnels as they work on a special mandala sand painting at the Smithsonian's George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, the former U.S. Custom House, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, in New York blocks from ground zero at the site of the World Trade Center attacks. This two-week long event is dedicated to promoting healing and protection for all Americans in the wake of the attacks. The project culminates in a dismantling ceremony Dec. 23. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)