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AP Week in Pictures: Asia

May 26, 2022, 6:21 AM | Updated: 6:25 pm

Sheng Yi, a female panda, reacts inside the panda enclosure at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Ma...

Sheng Yi, a female panda, reacts inside the panda enclosure at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The third cub of Giant Panda couple Xing Xing and Liang Liang from China has been finally given a name, Sheng Yi, means peace and friendship. Yi turns one year old on May 31. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during his arrival to the Quad leaders summit at Kantei Palace, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) An exile Tibetan Buddhist monk creates a traditional motif on the floor in preparation for ritual prayers in Dharmsala, India, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Police disperse activists protesting against the upcoming proclamation of presidential frontrunner Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and running mate Sara Duterte, daughter of the current president, during a rally at the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on Wednesday May 25, 2022. Marcos Jr. continues to lead in the official canvassing of votes. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe) Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns greet their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as he arrives to attend a a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Monks of the Sakya lineage of the Tibetan Buddhism prayed for the long life of the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) A worker in protective overall looks at a child leaving after mass COVID test, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A man walks past a giant traditional Balinese effigy called 'ogoh-ogoh' at Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park which is prepared to be used as one of the venues of the G20 leaders summit, in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Indonesia is scheduled to host the G20 summit in November this year. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) A surfer leaves the water at Bronte Beach in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) A woman searches for nails and other metal scraps from remains of burned houses that were gutted during a fire at a poor bayside village in the district of Tondo, Manila, Philippines on Friday, May 20, 2022. Investigators said about 300 families became homeless after the fire that happened Thursday night. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Rain clouds hover in the sky in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Sheng Yi, a female panda, reacts inside the panda enclosure at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The third cub of Giant Panda couple Xing Xing and Liang Liang from China has been finally given a name, Sheng Yi, means peace and friendship. Yi turns one year old on May 31. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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May 20-26, 2022

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and Pacific.

The gallery was curated by AP photo editor Masayo Yoshida in Tokyo.

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