AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Sep 1, 2022, 6:34 AM | Updated: 6:39 pm

Cloud of dust rises as twin high-rise apartment towers are razed to ground in Noida, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. The demolition was done after the country's top court declared them illegal for violating building norms. The 32-story and 29-story towers, constructed by a private builder were yet to be occupied and became India's tallest structures to be razed to the ground. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

People wearing face masks take pictures inside a tunnel made with hot red peppers during H.O.T Festival at the Seoul City Hall plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Devotees join a procession with an idol of lord Ganesha ahead of the upcoming ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

A Kashmiri man rows his boat through lotus plants on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Nestled in the Himalayan mountains, Kashmir is known for its beautiful lakes and saucer-shaped valleys. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Police use water canons to disperse anti government protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Sri Lanka's new government plans Tuesday to present an amended budget for the year that slashes expenses and aims to provide relief to people hit hard by the country's economic meltdown. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Visitors look at a light show with a metaverse theme at the Shougang venue for China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Chinese and foreign enterprises are expected to showcase their latest technology and services during the annual China International Fair for Trade in Services this week. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

People crowd a market ahead of Ganesh Chaturti festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A child wearing a mask runs through an art installation at a mall in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Royal Malaysia Police march during the 65th National Day celebrations at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The Federation of Malaya gained its independence from Britain on Aug. 31, in 1957. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 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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