AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Aug 25, 2022, 5:00 AM | Updated: 5:07 pm

A man stands in shallow water near the dry riverbed of the Yangtze River in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Ships crept down the middle of the Yangtze on Friday after the driest summer in six decades left one of the mightiest rivers shrunk to barely half its normal width and set off a scramble to contain damage to a weak economy in a politically sensitive year. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Children wearing masks watch as a surgical robot demonstrates its dexterity by removing the shell from an egg during the World Robot Conference at the Yichuang International Conference and Exhibition Centre in Beijing in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Anti-government protesters shout "Prayuth get out" as they gather in front of Democracy Monument to demand that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha step down from his position in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Thailand Constitutional Court on Monday received a petition from opposition lawmakers seeking a ruling on whether Prayuth has reached the legal limit on how long he can remain in office. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

People brave strong wind on the promenade of Victoria Habour as tropical cyclone Ma-on approaches Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Tropical Storm Ma-on was gaining strength as it headed for Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China on Wednesday after displacing thousands in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Anthony Kwan)

Residents fan themselves as they chat with each other outside a residential complex in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Pyongyang citizens pay tribute to the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, wearing a face mask, waves as he arrives at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Najib was sentenced to 12 years in jail by a high court in July 2020, after being found guilty of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering for illegally receiving 42 million ringgit ($9.4 million) from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

People pray before forming a human pyramid to break the "Dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd, as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The festival marks the birth of Hindu god Krishna and the act seeks to reenact the story of Lord Krishna stealing butter during his childhood. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

China's Zhou Yetong, left, and Hu Mingyuan tries to block the ball during their preliminary match against Vietnam at Asian Volleyball Confederation Cup for Women at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Philippines, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A woman gets her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Rohingya refugees cry while praying during a gathering to mark the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at a Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees on Thursday marked the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh, while the United States, European Union and other Western nations pledged to continue supporting the refugees' pursuit of justice in international courts.(AP Photo/ Shafiqur Rahman)

A boy talks to his mother from a smartphone during the opening of classes at the San Juan Elementary School in metro Manila, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Millions of students wearing face masks streamed back to grade and high schools across the Philippines Monday in their first in-person classes after two years of coronavirus lockdowns that are feared to have worsened one of the world's most alarming illiteracy rates among children. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aug. 19-26, 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 Wally Santana in Bangkok.

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