AP Week in Pictures: Asia

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June 23-29, 2023

A Muslim offers prayers during Eid-al-Adha at a mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A Muslim offers prayers during Eid-al-Adha at a mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Muslims gather in the early morning to offer prayers in mosques and celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice. Chinese and Hong Kong flags are strung to mark the 26th anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain to China. Chinese authorities issues a rare red alert for high temperatures in the capital.

Roadside vendors cover themselves with plastic sheets to protect from monsoon rain in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Roadside vendors cover themselves with plastic sheets to protect from monsoon rain in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 26, 2023. –

Niranjan Shrestha/AP

A girl runs along with members of an honor guard as they practice a march near the Forbidden City on the hot day in Beijing, Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A girl runs along with members of an honor guard as they practice a march near the Forbidden City on the hot day in Beijing, Sunday, June 25, 2023. –

Andy Wong/AP

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in Asia made or published by the Associated Press in the past week.

Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Jama Masjid or Mosque, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Jama Masjid or Mosque, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, June 29, 2023. –

Manish Swarup/AP

Muslims perform a morning prayer marking the Eid al-Adha holiday on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Muslims perform a morning prayer marking the Eid al-Adha holiday on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 29, 2023. –

Tatan Syuflana/AP

The selections were curated by AP photo editor Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.

A man poses for a photo sitting outside the glass cage of a Bengal Tiger, at the national zoological garden in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A man poses for a photo sitting outside the glass cage of a Bengal Tiger, at the national zoological garden in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June. 27, 2023. –

Eranga Jayawardena/AP

A girl runs as she plays in a fountain at a shopping mall in Beijing, Friday, June 23, 2023. Authorities issued a rare red alert for high temperatures in parts of China's capital on Friday, the highest level of warning, as highs were expected to once again climb to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Farenheit). (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A girl runs as she plays in a fountain at a shopping mall in Beijing, Friday, June 23, 2023. Authorities issued a rare red alert for high temperatures in parts of China’s capital on Friday, the highest level of warning, as highs were expected to once again climb to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). –

Mark Schiefelbein/AP

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