May 3-May 9, 2024
General elections continue throughout India. Campus protests in the U.S. have influenced students in Bangladesh and South Korea. Buddhists monks clean Buddha statues before his birthday. Horse riders compete in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous region. Teams compete in rugby matches in Singapore. Animals, as well as people, in Asian countries try to avoid heat.
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in the Asia-Pacific region made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Hiro Komae in Tokyo.
A Nepalese devotee makes her way back through a narrow ledge after offering prayers in front of an idol of Astamatrika, or eight mother goddesses, on the banks of the Bagmati river in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Devout Hindus in Nepal are performing rituals on Wednesday to mark Matatirtha Aunshi or Mother’s Day. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Women supporting the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference party dance during an election rally in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 5, 2024. Voting in the world’s largest democracy will stretch over seven phases, with different states voting at different times and results will be announced on June 4. Over 970 million voters more than 10% of the world’s population will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for a term of five years. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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