AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Nov 3, 2022, 8:44 AM | Updated: 8:49 pm

A Hindu devotee joins others gathering by the river Brahmaputra and offering prayers during Chhath Puja festival in Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Buddhist monks join together with civil servants during a Buddhist ceremony titled "100 Years of the Father of National Independence" in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The royal ceremony is in honor of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, seen as the father of Cambodian independence, on what would have been his 100th birthday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Guests leave from the Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Severe tropical storm Nalgae edged closer to Hong Kong on Wednesday and forced businesses to close, but the finance summit that's meant to restore the city's image as an international financial hub pressed ahead. (AP Photo/Bertha Wang)

A man bows to pay tribute to victims of a deadly accident that happened during Saturday night's Halloween festivities, on a street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. South Korean police investigated on Monday what caused a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul in the country's worst disaster in years. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Garlands decorate the photograph of Yash Devadana, 12, left, and his cousin Raj Baghwanji Bhai, 13, victims of a bridge collapse, outside their house in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Yash and Raj were cousins living in the same house. They were good friends too, their family said, always seen playing together in the neighborhood. The two also loved swimming and often went to the Machchu river to cool themselves off. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Anti-government protesters scuffle with police officers as the police blocked their protest march in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. The protestors were demanding the release of two detained protest leaders and to end the government's crackdown on protests against an unprecedented economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation for months. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Kashmiri saffron farmer Abdul Majeed Wani checks the quality of saffron flowers cultivated inside his home in Shaar-i-Shalli village, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 30, 2022. For the last three years, Wani has opted for indoor cultivation. He said his experience has been satisfying and the technique "has benefited us in a good way." (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

People walk under the rain caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae as they wait for a ride in Manila, Philippines on Saturday Oct. 29, 2022. Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left multiple people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where dozens of villagers are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide laden with rocks, trees and debris, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Commuters wearing face masks walk through the plastic curtain as they exit a subway station in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water, officials said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Rescue workers treat injured people on the street in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Multiple people were killed and injured after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Rescuers carry a body which they retrieved after Tropical Storm Nalgae hit Maguindanao's Datu Odin Sinsuat town, southern Philippines on Saturday Oct. 29, 2022. Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left dozens of people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where many villagers are feared missing and buried in a deluge of rainwater, mud, rocks and trees, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oct. 28 – Nov. 3, 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 Hiro Komae in Tokyo.

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