AP Week in Pictures: Asia
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
The South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the first day of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A washerman puts clothes to dry on a beach in Bandra in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Kashmiri Muslim brides sit during a mass marriage of 30 couples in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Mass weddings in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help economically weaker families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the customary dowry and expensive gifts that are still prevalent in many communities. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
A vendor walks with a huge load of marigold garlands for sale at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Farmers cook sticky rice in bamboos called “kralan” prepared for a rite in a post rice harvest festival in Tang Bampong near Aoral mountain in Kampong Speu province, southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A farmer equipped to face police tear gas poses for a photo as Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices wait to march to the capital near Shambhu border that divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb.21, 2024. The protesting farmers began their march last week, but their efforts to reach the city have been blocked by authorities. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A person looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. Tokyo’s markets surged to an all-time high Thursday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A vendor holds a giant mock sugar-coated Chinese haw to attract customers outside his store at Qianmen pedestrian shopping street in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Local workers cut cassava at a farm field in O-Cha village, Cambodia, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Most workers earn less than $10 a day. The current price of cassava is about $1 per kilogram. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Train drivers are seen through a snow-covered windshield of a stationary train during a fresh snowfall in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
The South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the first day of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
The South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the first day of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A washerman puts clothes to dry on a beach in Bandra in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A washerman puts clothes to dry on a beach in Bandra in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Kashmiri Muslim brides sit during a mass marriage of 30 couples in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Mass weddings in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help economically weaker families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the customary dowry and expensive gifts that are still prevalent in many communities. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Kashmiri Muslim brides sit during a mass marriage of 30 couples in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Mass weddings in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help economically weaker families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the customary dowry and expensive gifts that are still prevalent in many communities. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
A vendor walks with a huge load of marigold garlands for sale at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A vendor walks with a huge load of marigold garlands for sale at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Farmers cook sticky rice in bamboos called “kralan” prepared for a rite in a post rice harvest festival in Tang Bampong near Aoral mountain in Kampong Speu province, southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Farmers cook sticky rice in bamboos called “kralan” prepared for a rite in a post rice harvest festival in Tang Bampong near Aoral mountain in Kampong Speu province, southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A farmer equipped to face police tear gas poses for a photo as Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices wait to march to the capital near Shambhu border that divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb.21, 2024. The protesting farmers began their march last week, but their efforts to reach the city have been blocked by authorities. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A farmer equipped to face police tear gas poses for a photo as Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices wait to march to the capital near Shambhu border that divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb.21, 2024. The protesting farmers began their march last week, but their efforts to reach the city have been blocked by authorities. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A person looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. Tokyo’s markets surged to an all-time high Thursday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A person looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. Tokyo’s markets surged to an all-time high Thursday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A vendor holds a giant mock sugar-coated Chinese haw to attract customers outside his store at Qianmen pedestrian shopping street in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A vendor holds a giant mock sugar-coated Chinese haw to attract customers outside his store at Qianmen pedestrian shopping street in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Local workers cut cassava at a farm field in O-Cha village, Cambodia, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Most workers earn less than $10 a day. The current price of cassava is about $1 per kilogram. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Local workers cut cassava at a farm field in O-Cha village, Cambodia, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Most workers earn less than $10 a day. The current price of cassava is about $1 per kilogram. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Train drivers are seen through a snow-covered windshield of a stationary train during a fresh snowfall in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Train drivers are seen through a snow-covered windshield of a stationary train during a fresh snowfall in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Feb. 16-22, 2024
Farmers in India continue to protest over crop prices, Singapore hosts an international airshow, Tokyo’s stock market surged to an all-time high, and Cambodian rice farmers get busy cooking sticky rice in bamboo for a post-harvest celebration while others are still picking their cassava.
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 Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.
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