Asia in review

This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Asia during the month of October.

Protesters take position during a confrontation with police in Hong Kong, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. Hong Kong protesters again flooded streets on Sunday, ignoring a police ban on the rally and setting up barricades amid tear gas and firebombs. (AP Photo//Felipe Dana)

Men look at fishing boats as surging waves hit against the breakwater while Typhoon Hagibis approaches at a port in town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, Japan Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai)

Protesters wear masks in Hong Kong, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters are donning cartoon/superheroes masks as they formed a human chain across the semiautonomous Chinese city, in defiance of a government ban on face coverings. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A student protester throws a burning stick at riot police officers during a clash in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Thousands of Indonesian students resumed protests on Monday against a new law they say has crippled the country's anti-corruption agency, with some clashing with police. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Sumo wrestlers perform an exercise during training at the Musashigawa Sumo Stable in Beppu, western Japan, riday, Oct. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A man uses a shovel to scoop mud in a neighborhood devastated by Typhoon Hagibis Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Nagano, Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A protestor kicks back an exploded tear gas shell in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Hong Kong police shot a protester at close range, leaving him bleeding from his shoulder and howling on the ground, in a fearsome escalation of anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A lone oarsman stands on his boat during the dress rehearsal for the Royal barge ceremony on the Chao Phraya river Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, left, and Empress Masako attend the enthronement ceremony where emperor officially proclaims his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Protesters throw tear gas canisters fired by riot policemen during a rally in Hong Kong, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A surfer walks out of the water as Mount Fuji is visible in the distance after Typhoon Hagibis passed through the area, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, in Fujisawa, west of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Residents walk along the mud-covered road in a neighborhood devastated by Typhoon Hagibis, in Nagano, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Indian policemen pay homage to mark Police Commemoration Day in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Fireworks and a giant Chinese national flag formed by lights are seen at the evening gala held on Tiananmen Square for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A fisherman sits on a rock to catch fish in the river Brahmaputra in Kasoshila village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Army vehicles roll down during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

An Indian worker mixes gun powder to make firecrackers for the upcoming Hindu festival Diwali at a factory on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Protesters throw petrol bomb outside the Tsuen Wan police station in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Masataka Murata carries a bag full of mud while cleaning up his friend's home damaged by Typhoon Hagibis Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Nagano, Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Protestors wearing masks watch as they clash with police in Hong Kong, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, takes shelter from the rain under a cart in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

South Africa's Handre Pollard, center left, and Japan's Michael Leitch vie for the ball during the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match at Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Protesters flash their smartphone lights during a rally at Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Simona Halep, of Romania, hits a return shot against Bianca Andreescu of Canada during their WTA Finals tennis tournament in Shenzhen, China's Guangdong province, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Police fire tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Participants cheer beneath a large portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A protester wears a mask during a protest in Hong Kong, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A passenger airliner flies past the structure of the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China's Guangdong province, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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