The Tibetan monk who has taken in 170 children

A Tibetan Buddhist monk took in 33 orphans after an earthquake in 2010 - now he is looking after 170 children.

Lama Lobsang originally started caring for the children on a temporary basis after the earthquake. "After that, more and more came," he said.

"They may be orphans, or from single-parent families," he said, "but I want to give them all a home."

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