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AP Week in Pictures: Asia

A woman wearing a face mask to help protect from the coronavirus walks by a barricaded construction wall displaying a fashion cartoon at a mall Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing is on alert after 10 middle school students tested positive for COVID-19, in what city officials said was an initial round of testing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Sri Lankans representing various government establishments attend a protest rally during a strike demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Businesses were closed, teachers absent and public transportation interrupted as Sri Lankans heeded a call for a general strike Thursday to pressure the president to step down over a growing economic and political crisis.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) China's Zheng Si Wei, right, and Huang ya Qiong play against Thailand's R. Makkasasithorn and J. Sudjaipraparat during their mixed doubles match at the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 at Muntinlupa, Philippines on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A businessman wearing a face mask walks over shadows cast by a glass roof at a building in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) A Muslim boy waits to break his day-long fast during Ramadan in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Islam's holiest month is a period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. (AP Photo /Mahesh Kumar A.) A rain puddle reflects people walking along the famed Shibuya scramble crossing Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) A picture of Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo is seen as supporters wave their mobile phones and flags during her presidential campaign rally in Pasay City, Philippines on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Presidential hopefuls continue their election campaign with a cast of candidates led by a late dictator's son and the pro-democracy current vice-president as the country is set to vote next month. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A woman wearing a face mask opens the window which reflects lanterns displayed for upcoming Buddha's birthday celebration slated for May 8, at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) A family ride motorcycles to their home village in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The mass exodus out of Jakarta and other major cities in the world's most populous Muslim country is underway as millions are heading home to their villages to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
AP Week in Pictures: Asia