AP Week in Pictures: Asia
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
The gold chariot bearing the idol of Hindu god Lord Murugan leaves a temple to mark the start of Thaipusam, an annual festival representing the struggle between good and evil, on Penang Island, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Thousands of people attended the annual procession celebrated by devotees in honor of the Hindu god to express their gratitude, fulfill vows, and perform penance. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Men gather near a fire at a checkpoint into Wushi county in China’s western Xinjiang region on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. A massive earthquake has struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region, killing a few and damaging or collapsing more than 120 homes in freezing cold weather. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
First responders work the scene of explosions after a truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas and a car collided at an intersection in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. The collision in the Mongolian capital caused a series of explosions that killed some firefighters and injured others. (AP Photo/Odbaatar Boris)
Indian students of the Swaminarayan Gurukul pray after demonstrating a ritualistic bath called Magh Snan for the media in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Devotees believe that a purification bath taken during the auspicious Hindu calendar month of Magh, which begins Thursday, will absolve them of their sins. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A construction worker takes a break inside a tunnel at the site of a coastal road building project in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Vehicles move past the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj train terminal building that is illuminated in the colors of the Indian national flag on the eve of the Republic Day in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A Hindu devotee arrives to perform rituals by a polluted Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
The silver chariot bearing the idol of Hindu god Lord Murugan is paraded on a street during Thaipusam, an annual festival representing the struggle between good and evil, on Penang Island, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Thousands of people attended the annual procession celebrated by devotees in honor of the Hindu god to express their gratitude, fullfil vows, and perform penance. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Men work inside a tunnel at a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) construction site in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The construction of the second phase of the subway line aimed at staving off crippling traffic gridlock in the megacity is scheduled to be gradually completed. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
The gold chariot bearing the idol of Hindu god Lord Murugan leaves a temple to mark the start of Thaipusam, an annual festival representing the struggle between good and evil, on Penang Island, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Thousands of people attended the annual procession celebrated by devotees in honor of the Hindu god to express their gratitude, fulfill vows, and perform penance. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
The gold chariot bearing the idol of Hindu god Lord Murugan leaves a temple to mark the start of Thaipusam, an annual festival representing the struggle between good and evil, on Penang Island, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Thousands of people attended the annual procession celebrated by devotees in honor of the Hindu god to express their gratitude, fulfill vows, and perform penance. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Men gather near a fire at a checkpoint into Wushi county in China’s western Xinjiang region on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. A massive earthquake has struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region, killing a few and damaging or collapsing more than 120 homes in freezing cold weather. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Men gather near a fire at a checkpoint into Wushi county in China’s western Xinjiang region on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. A massive earthquake has struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region, killing a few and damaging or collapsing more than 120 homes in freezing cold weather. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
First responders work the scene of explosions after a truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas and a car collided at an intersection in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. The collision in the Mongolian capital caused a series of explosions that killed some firefighters and injured others. (AP Photo/Odbaatar Boris)
First responders work the scene of explosions after a truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas and a car collided at an intersection in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. The collision in the Mongolian capital caused a series of explosions that killed some firefighters and injured others. (AP Photo/Odbaatar Boris)
Indian students of the Swaminarayan Gurukul pray after demonstrating a ritualistic bath called Magh Snan for the media in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Devotees believe that a purification bath taken during the auspicious Hindu calendar month of Magh, which begins Thursday, will absolve them of their sins. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Indian students of the Swaminarayan Gurukul pray after demonstrating a ritualistic bath called Magh Snan for the media in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Devotees believe that a purification bath taken during the auspicious Hindu calendar month of Magh, which begins Thursday, will absolve them of their sins. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A construction worker takes a break inside a tunnel at the site of a coastal road building project in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A construction worker takes a break inside a tunnel at the site of a coastal road building project in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Vehicles move past the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj train terminal building that is illuminated in the colors of the Indian national flag on the eve of the Republic Day in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Vehicles move past the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj train terminal building that is illuminated in the colors of the Indian national flag on the eve of the Republic Day in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A Hindu devotee arrives to perform rituals by a polluted Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A Hindu devotee arrives to perform rituals by a polluted Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
The silver chariot bearing the idol of Hindu god Lord Murugan is paraded on a street during Thaipusam, an annual festival representing the struggle between good and evil, on Penang Island, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Thousands of people attended the annual procession celebrated by devotees in honor of the Hindu god to express their gratitude, fullfil vows, and perform penance. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
The silver chariot bearing the idol of Hindu god Lord Murugan is paraded on a street during Thaipusam, an annual festival representing the struggle between good and evil, on Penang Island, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Thousands of people attended the annual procession celebrated by devotees in honor of the Hindu god to express their gratitude, fullfil vows, and perform penance. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Men work inside a tunnel at a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) construction site in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The construction of the second phase of the subway line aimed at staving off crippling traffic gridlock in the megacity is scheduled to be gradually completed. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Men work inside a tunnel at a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) construction site in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The construction of the second phase of the subway line aimed at staving off crippling traffic gridlock in the megacity is scheduled to be gradually completed. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Jan. 19-25, 2024
The gold chariot bearing the idol of Hindu god Lord Murugan moves through the town to mark the start of Thaipusam, an annual festival on Malaysia’s Penang Island; Hindu devotees perform rituals by a polluted Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal; Indian people celebrate the Republic Day throughout the country; workers hurry to finish a tunnel at a Mass Rapid Transit construction site in Jakarta, Indonesia; people gather around a fire in China’s western Xinjiang region following a deadly earthquake; and first responders fight deadly explosions in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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 Hiro Komae in Tokyo.
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