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AP Week in Pictures: Asia

A bluebuck drinks water from a partially dried lake on a hot day in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong and the only candidate for the city's top job, celebrates with his wife after declaring his victory in the chief executive election of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Lee was elected as Hong Kong's next leader Sunday by an election committee comprised of nearly 1,500 largely pro-Beijing members. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) A worker in protective suit stands watch near the barricades set up for COVID-19 tests at a testing site after authorities ordered a third round of three consecutive coronavirus tests for residents in the Chaoyang district on Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Beijing. China is staying with a "zero-COVID" strategy of lockdowns and other restrictions despite the economic costs and the fact that many other countries around the world are loosening up and trying to live with the virus. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A worker attaches name tags of Buddhist devotees who donated lanterns to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Buddhist believers visit the temples across the country to celebrate the Buddha's birthday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) South Korea's new President Yoon Suk Yeol waves from a car after the Presidential Inauguration outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) Crowds of people attend the inaugural ceremony for South Korea's new President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Yoon took office as South Korea’s new president Tuesday with a vow to pursue a negotiated settlement of North Korea's threatening nuclear program and an offer of “an audacious plan” to improve Pyongyang’s economy if it abandons its nuclear weapons. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP) A man walks his bicycle in the rain Monday, May 9, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) India's Sindhu V. Pusarla returns a shot to Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon during their women's singles quarter-final match at Thomas & Uber Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) Dancers perform during the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, May 12, 2022. The SEA Games 31 takes place from May 12 to May 23 in Hanoi, and 11 nearby provinces. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang) People wait in line to vote at a school used as a polling station at Tondo district in Manila, Philippines on Monday, May 9, 2022. About 67 million registered Filipino voters will pick a new president on Monday, with Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, son and namesake of the ousted dictator leading pre-election surveys, and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo, who leads the opposition, as his closest challenger. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Residents pass by election campaign posters near a polling center in Manila, Philippines on Friday, May 6, 2022. The son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the current Vice-President Leni Robredo continue to lead against other presidential candidates as the country prepares to vote for its new leader next week. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP Week in Pictures: Asia