AP Week in Pictures: Asia

A rickshaw puller shouts slogans as supporters and activists of Gono Odhikar Porishod party march demanding free and fair elections and supporting the boycott of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. Bangladesh’s main opposition party called for general strikes on the weekend of the country’s parliamentary election, urging voters to join its boycott. This year, ballot stations are opening amid an increasingly polarized political culture led by two powerful women; current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader and former premier Khaleda Zia. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Rakibul, 6, comforts his mother Rehana mourning the death of her husband, Mohammad Zillur, at a hospital in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Zillur, a supporter of a candidate from the ruling Awami League, was stabbed to death on Sunday as Bangladesh voted in a parliamentary election boycotted by the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A man reads a Bangladeshi newspaper that has the news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s election victory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Jan.8, 2024. Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election after a campaign fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, giving her and her Awami League a fourth consecutive term. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Tulips are placed on the rubble of fallen buildings, at a marketplace in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. The large fire burnt out the marketplace and houses in the city, following the earthquakes. Rescue teams worked through snow to deliver supplies to isolated hamlets Monday, a week after a powerful earthquake hit western Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

Birds return to their nests after sunset on a cold day in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A homeless woman awaits alms sitting under the stairway of an old building in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A man casts a line through a hole drilled in the surface of a frozen river during a trout catching contest in Hwacheon, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The contest is part of an annual ice festival which draws over one million visitors every year. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A crew works on a traditional ship under construction in Mandvi in Gujarat, India, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. This 400-year-old tradition of shipbuilding using manual tools is in decline but a few ships are still built each year to be used for fishing and transporting goods. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman, left, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz of Afghanistan celebrate the wicket of Shubman Gill of India during the first T20 cricket match between India and Afghanistan in Mohali, India, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Surjeet Yadav)