AP Week in Pictures: Asia
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
A school student helps another to hold a musical instrument before participate in the Republic Day parade in Guwahati, India, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
An Assam police personnel takes rest after the Republic Day parade in Guwahati, India, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, front center, attends the oath taking ceremony as the Malaysia’s 17th king at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Sultan Ibrahim, the powerful billionaire ruler of southern Johor state, was sworn-in Wednesday as Malaysia’s new king. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photo via AP)
A farmer inspects a handful of mustard seeds after winnowing on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Myanmar nationals living in Thailand hold pictures of their ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the United Nations’ building in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The protest marked the third-year anniversary of the military takeover that ousted her government. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Ethnic Rohingya people sit on a beach after they land in Kuala Parek Beach, East Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Across a treacherous stretch of water, the Rohingya came by the thousands, then died by the hundreds. And though they know the dangers of fleeing by boat, many among this persecuted people say they will not stop — because the world has left them with no other choice. (AP Photo/Husna Mura)
Indian commuters get off trains at the Church Gate railway station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday will present in Parliament an interim or vote-on-account budget that will give the government spending authority till a new government takes office after the April-May general elections. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A delegate observes a moment of silence during a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A supporter of Sri Lanka’s main opposition holds his shoes in hands as police fire water cannons to disperse them during a protest rally against high taxes and increases in electricity and fuel charges, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates after defeating Daniil Medvedev of Russia during the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
England’s Ollie Pope is bowled out by India’s Jasprit Bumrah on the fourth day of the first cricket test match between England and India in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Customers play with a micro pig at a mipig cafe, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Tokyo. The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 pig cafés that have opened around Japan. The animals, known as “micro pigs,” don’t get bigger than a corgi dog, even as adults.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A school student helps another to hold a musical instrument before participate in the Republic Day parade in Guwahati, India, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A school student helps another to hold a musical instrument before participate in the Republic Day parade in Guwahati, India, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
An Assam police personnel takes rest after the Republic Day parade in Guwahati, India, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
An Assam police personnel takes rest after the Republic Day parade in Guwahati, India, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, front center, attends the oath taking ceremony as the Malaysia’s 17th king at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Sultan Ibrahim, the powerful billionaire ruler of southern Johor state, was sworn-in Wednesday as Malaysia’s new king. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photo via AP)
Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, front center, attends the oath taking ceremony as the Malaysia’s 17th king at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Sultan Ibrahim, the powerful billionaire ruler of southern Johor state, was sworn-in Wednesday as Malaysia’s new king. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photo via AP)
A farmer inspects a handful of mustard seeds after winnowing on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A farmer inspects a handful of mustard seeds after winnowing on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Myanmar nationals living in Thailand hold pictures of their ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the United Nations’ building in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The protest marked the third-year anniversary of the military takeover that ousted her government. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Myanmar nationals living in Thailand hold pictures of their ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the United Nations’ building in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The protest marked the third-year anniversary of the military takeover that ousted her government. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Ethnic Rohingya people sit on a beach after they land in Kuala Parek Beach, East Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Across a treacherous stretch of water, the Rohingya came by the thousands, then died by the hundreds. And though they know the dangers of fleeing by boat, many among this persecuted people say they will not stop — because the world has left them with no other choice. (AP Photo/Husna Mura)
Ethnic Rohingya people sit on a beach after they land in Kuala Parek Beach, East Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Across a treacherous stretch of water, the Rohingya came by the thousands, then died by the hundreds. And though they know the dangers of fleeing by boat, many among this persecuted people say they will not stop — because the world has left them with no other choice. (AP Photo/Husna Mura)
Indian commuters get off trains at the Church Gate railway station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday will present in Parliament an interim or vote-on-account budget that will give the government spending authority till a new government takes office after the April-May general elections. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian commuters get off trains at the Church Gate railway station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday will present in Parliament an interim or vote-on-account budget that will give the government spending authority till a new government takes office after the April-May general elections. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A delegate observes a moment of silence during a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A delegate observes a moment of silence during a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A supporter of Sri Lanka’s main opposition holds his shoes in hands as police fire water cannons to disperse them during a protest rally against high taxes and increases in electricity and fuel charges, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A supporter of Sri Lanka’s main opposition holds his shoes in hands as police fire water cannons to disperse them during a protest rally against high taxes and increases in electricity and fuel charges, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates after defeating Daniil Medvedev of Russia during the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates after defeating Daniil Medvedev of Russia during the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
England’s Ollie Pope is bowled out by India’s Jasprit Bumrah on the fourth day of the first cricket test match between England and India in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
England’s Ollie Pope is bowled out by India’s Jasprit Bumrah on the fourth day of the first cricket test match between England and India in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Customers play with a micro pig at a mipig cafe, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Tokyo. The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 pig cafés that have opened around Japan. The animals, known as “micro pigs,” don’t get bigger than a corgi dog, even as adults.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Customers play with a micro pig at a mipig cafe, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Tokyo. The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 pig cafés that have opened around Japan. The animals, known as “micro pigs,” don’t get bigger than a corgi dog, even as adults.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2024
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.
Republic Day parade celebrations were held across India. A protest in Bangkok marked the third-year anniversary of the military takeover in Myanmar that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi. Rohingya refugees arrived by boat in Kuala Parek Beach, Aceh province. Jannik Sinner of Italy won the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.
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