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AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Feb 3, 2022, 3:38 AM | Updated: 5:42 pm

Wu Jingyu, China's Taekwondo Olympic Champion, poses with a kick before taking part in the torch re...

Wu Jingyu, China's Taekwondo Olympic Champion, poses with a kick before taking part in the torch relay for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the Badaling Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)


              Workers drag an oil spill boom out onto Mae Ram Phueng Beach in hopes of containing any oil washing ashore from a recent spill off the coast of Rayong, eastern Thailand, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. An oil slick off the coast of Thailand continued to expand Friday and was approaching beaches on the east coast, home to fragile coral and seagrass, officials said. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
            
              Residents film as snow falls near the illuminated Beijing Olympic Tower, at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
            
              A laborer lies down atop goods ready for transportation at a wholesale market in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
            
              A Hindu pilgrim prays after taking a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna on 'Mauni Amavasya' or new moon day, third and the most auspicious date of bathing day during the annual month long Hindu religious fair "Magh Mela" In Prayagraj, India. Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, hoping to wash away sins during the month-long festival. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
            
              A worker wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant at a screening checkpoint for arriving athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
            
              Wu Jingyu, China's Taekwondo Olympic Champion, poses with a kick before taking part in the torch relay for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the Badaling Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
            A man walks past tiger decorations hanging for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, the year of the Tiger according to the Chinese zodiac, in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.  (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) A woman lights joss sticks during the lunar New Year celebrations at the Hok Lay Kiong temple in Bekasi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. The celebration marks the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac calendar. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) A young boy plays under lanterns decorating Hok Lay Kiong temple on the evening of Chinese New year, in Bekasi, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) A woman offers prayers on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Jan. 28 – Feb. 3, 2022

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