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AP Week in Pictures: Asia

May 19, 2022, 5:36 AM | Updated: 6:01 pm
An injured protestor grieves in pain as police fire tear gas to disperse protesting members of the ...

An injured protestor grieves in pain as police fire tear gas to disperse protesting members of the Inter University Students Federation during an anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Sri Lankans have been protesting for more than a month demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, holding him responsible for the country's worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
People work at a fish market in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. India's Meteorological Department expects the southwest monsoon to arrive at country's southern coast ahead of its normal schedule this year. (AP Photo/ R S Iyer) A worker wearing a protective suit pushes a cart past restaurants at a shopping center normally busy on weekends, after most businesses were ordered to close as part of COVID-19 restrictions in the Chaoyang district in Beijing, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) An employee of Songyo Knitwear Factory in Songyo district disinfects the work floor in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, after the country's leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday his party would treat the country's coronavirus outbreak under the state emergency. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Buddhist monks enter a temple in a procession to offer prayers in front of Buddha statues during Buddha Purnima festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 16, 2022. The festival marks Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Residents wearing face masks line up behind barricaded tapes for COVID mass testing near a residential area on Sunday, May 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) An elderly auto rickshaw driver exhausted from intense heat rests in his vehicle as a woman covering her face walks past, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 19, 2022. In spite of sporadic rains the Indian capital is still facing extreme heat conditions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Men wearing South Korean traditional dress attend a ceremony to reenact the 50th Coming of Age Day at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 16, 2022. The ceremony was held for young men and women who'll be 20 years old this year. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) Police fire tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesting members of the Inter University Students Federation during an anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Sri Lankans have been protesting for more than a month demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, holding him responsible for the country's worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Muhammad Noaraizat Mohd Nordin of Malaysia, right, kicks the ball against Siriwat Sakha of Thailand , left, during the men's regu sepaktakraw final between Thailand and Malaysia at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in Hanoi , Vietnam Tuesday, May 17, 2022. AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) A medical worker in protective suit collects a sample from a resident at a COVID test site setup in front of a fashion billboard on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) An injured protestor grieves in pain as police fire tear gas to disperse protesting members of the Inter University Students Federation during an anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Sri Lankans have been protesting for more than a month demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, holding him responsible for the country's worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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May 13-19, 2022

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