AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Jun 2, 2022, 7:08 AM | Updated: 7:12 pm

Residents pose for photos along the bund, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. Traffic, pedestrians and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as China's largest city began returning to normalcy amid the easing of a strict two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has drawn unusual protests over its heavy-handed implementation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

South Korean actors Song Kang-ho who won the award for best actor for "Broker" at the 75th international film festival in Cannes, answers reporters' questions during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. The movie is to be released in South Korea on June 8 and in Japan on June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Sydney Opera House sails are illuminated during the Vivid light show in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, June 2, 2022. The annual festival of light, music and ideas, includes outdoor immersive light installations and projections, performances by local and international musicians, and an ideas exchange forum featuring public talks and debates with leading creative thinkers. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

A seller prepares freshly butchered chickens at the Kampung Baru wet market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Malaysia will stop exporting chicken from Wednesday, June 1, in a protectionist move to bolster domestic food supply, sparking distress in neighboring Singapore where chicken rice is a national dish. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A protester runs for cover as police fire tear gas shells near the president's official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Police fired tear gas and water canon on protesters who marched toward the president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's barricaded residence demanding his resignation. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Female panda Sheng Yi, born in Malaysia in 2021, sits on tree during her first birthday at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Children play at an amusement park on International Children's Day in Beijing, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Shopping malls, retail shops and parks reopened in the capital city after pandemic measure lockdown were lifted. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A delivery driver wearing a face mask walks through a plaza at a shopping and office complex in Beijing, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A resident wearing a mask looks out from his home Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Shanghai. Traffic, pedestrians and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as China's largest city began returning to normalcy amid the easing of a strict two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has drawn unusual protests over its heavy-handed implementation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 27-June 2, 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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