AP Week in Pictures: Asia
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
A man and woman use a cloth over their heads to protect them from the sun in Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A policeman douses a forest fire in Shivapuri National Park on the outskirts of of in Lalitpur, Nepal, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions shout slogans during a rally on May Day in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Visitors watch an artist perform dance near a Honda GT on stage during the Auto China 2024 in Beijing, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
An elderly supporter of Aam Admi Party holds a party flag during a roadshow by Sunita Kejriwal, wife of the jailed Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ahead of the third round of polling in the six-week long national election in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Protesters holding slogans reading ''Oppose the Extension of Dangerous and Old Nuclear Power Plants,’' stage a die-in protest, during an anti-nuclear demonstration in front of Taiwan’'s Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung returns a shot from Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi during round 3 for the Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
U.S. Army soldiers move to take part in the STX (Situational Training Exercise) Lanes during the Best Squad Competition conducted by the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division and the ROK-U.S. Combined Division at the U.S. Army’s Camp Casey in Dongducheon, South Korea, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
People cross the Brahmaputra river in a boat to reach a polling booth during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi receives an Assamese Japi during an election rally in Dhubri district in lower Assam, India, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A man and woman use a cloth over their heads to protect them from the sun in Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A man and woman use a cloth over their heads to protect them from the sun in Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A policeman douses a forest fire in Shivapuri National Park on the outskirts of of in Lalitpur, Nepal, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A policeman douses a forest fire in Shivapuri National Park on the outskirts of of in Lalitpur, Nepal, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions shout slogans during a rally on May Day in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions shout slogans during a rally on May Day in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Visitors watch an artist perform dance near a Honda GT on stage during the Auto China 2024 in Beijing, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Visitors watch an artist perform dance near a Honda GT on stage during the Auto China 2024 in Beijing, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
An elderly supporter of Aam Admi Party holds a party flag during a roadshow by Sunita Kejriwal, wife of the jailed Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ahead of the third round of polling in the six-week long national election in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
An elderly supporter of Aam Admi Party holds a party flag during a roadshow by Sunita Kejriwal, wife of the jailed Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ahead of the third round of polling in the six-week long national election in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Protesters holding slogans reading ''Oppose the Extension of Dangerous and Old Nuclear Power Plants,’' stage a die-in protest, during an anti-nuclear demonstration in front of Taiwan’'s Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Protesters holding slogans reading ''Oppose the Extension of Dangerous and Old Nuclear Power Plants,’' stage a die-in protest, during an anti-nuclear demonstration in front of Taiwan’'s Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung returns a shot from Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi during round 3 for the Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung returns a shot from Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi during round 3 for the Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
U.S. Army soldiers move to take part in the STX (Situational Training Exercise) Lanes during the Best Squad Competition conducted by the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division and the ROK-U.S. Combined Division at the U.S. Army’s Camp Casey in Dongducheon, South Korea, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
U.S. Army soldiers move to take part in the STX (Situational Training Exercise) Lanes during the Best Squad Competition conducted by the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division and the ROK-U.S. Combined Division at the U.S. Army’s Camp Casey in Dongducheon, South Korea, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
People cross the Brahmaputra river in a boat to reach a polling booth during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
People cross the Brahmaputra river in a boat to reach a polling booth during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi receives an Assamese Japi during an election rally in Dhubri district in lower Assam, India, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi receives an Assamese Japi during an election rally in Dhubri district in lower Assam, India, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
April 26-May 2, 2024
Workers marched during a May Day rally in Jakarta, anti-nuclear protesters demonstrated in front of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan in Taipei, and people in India’s northeastern Assam state crossed the Brahmaputra River in a country boat to vote in the national election.
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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