AP Week in Pictures: Asia
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
A woman dressed in traditional attire participates in a procession to mark Gudi Padwa or the Marathi New Year in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Devout Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A protester adjusts her headband during a rally and prayer in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Bangladeshi Muslims maneuver their way on the roof of an overcrowded train to travel home for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A Muslim man walks inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Girls dressed as living goddess Kumari participate in a traditional Newari community music festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout pro-Palestinian slogans during an annual rally to mark Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, in support of Palestinians, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Cambodian villagers race their oxcarts at Romdoul village, Kampong Speu province, southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center in a saffron cap, and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, in saffron robes, ride in an open vehicle as they campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ghaziabad, India, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
Policemen baton charge supporters of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, or national democratic party during a protest demanding a restoration of Nepal’s monarchy in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
People on a boat enjoy a Japanese tea ceremony under the cherry blossoms, in a river of Yokohama, near Tokyo, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
New Zealand’s Jorja Miller runs with the ball during the women’s final match in the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
A woman dressed in traditional attire participates in a procession to mark Gudi Padwa or the Marathi New Year in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A woman dressed in traditional attire participates in a procession to mark Gudi Padwa or the Marathi New Year in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Devout Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Devout Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A protester adjusts her headband during a rally and prayer in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
A protester adjusts her headband during a rally and prayer in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Bangladeshi Muslims maneuver their way on the roof of an overcrowded train to travel home for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Bangladeshi Muslims maneuver their way on the roof of an overcrowded train to travel home for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A Muslim man walks inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A Muslim man walks inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Girls dressed as living goddess Kumari participate in a traditional Newari community music festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Girls dressed as living goddess Kumari participate in a traditional Newari community music festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout pro-Palestinian slogans during an annual rally to mark Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, in support of Palestinians, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout pro-Palestinian slogans during an annual rally to mark Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, in support of Palestinians, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Cambodian villagers race their oxcarts at Romdoul village, Kampong Speu province, southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian villagers race their oxcarts at Romdoul village, Kampong Speu province, southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center in a saffron cap, and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, in saffron robes, ride in an open vehicle as they campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ghaziabad, India, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center in a saffron cap, and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, in saffron robes, ride in an open vehicle as they campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ghaziabad, India, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
Policemen baton charge supporters of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, or national democratic party during a protest demanding a restoration of Nepal’s monarchy in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Policemen baton charge supporters of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, or national democratic party during a protest demanding a restoration of Nepal’s monarchy in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
People on a boat enjoy a Japanese tea ceremony under the cherry blossoms, in a river of Yokohama, near Tokyo, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
People on a boat enjoy a Japanese tea ceremony under the cherry blossoms, in a river of Yokohama, near Tokyo, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
New Zealand’s Jorja Miller runs with the ball during the women’s final match in the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
New Zealand’s Jorja Miller runs with the ball during the women’s final match in the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
April 5-11, 2024
Women celebrating the Marathi New Year rode motorcycles in traditional attire in Mumbai, Bangladeshi Muslims climbed onto the roof of an overcrowded train in Dhaka to travel home for Eid al-Fitr and Cambodian villagers raced their oxcarts in Kampong Speu province.
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in the Asia-Pacific region made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Subramoney Iyer in New Delhi.
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