Asia in review

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

A visitor walks near lanterns during the Seoul Lantern Festival along Cheonggye stream in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Indian paramilitary soldiers detain a Congress party supporter during a protest against the withdrawal of Special Protection Group (SPG) cover to party president Sonia Gandhi, her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra and former prime minister Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A farmer removes the chaff from paddy harvest in Umwang village, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. More than 70 percent of India's 1.25 billion citizens engage in agriculture. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Al Hilal's Bafetimbi Gomis, left and Urawa Reds' Takahiro Sekine vie for the ball during the second leg of the AFC Champions League final soccer match between Urawa Reds and Al Hilal in Saitama, near Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Christopher Jue)

Pope Francis, right, delivers his speech with his cape blown by wind, at the Martyrs' Monument in Nagasaki, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A Kashmiri Muslim woman breaks down as the head priest, unseen, displays a relic of Islam's Prophet Muhammad at the Hazratbal shrine, on the Friday following the Prophet's birth anniversary in Srinagar, India, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/ Mukhtar Khan)

Police in riot gear move through a cloud of smoke as they detain a protester at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A man hits a suspected attacker after an incident broke out outside a Hong Kong mall, on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. (Elson Li/HK01 via AP)

An Indian Hindu devotee performs rituals in Yamuna river, covered by chemical foam caused due to industrial and domestic pollution, during Chhath Puja festival in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Supporters of pro China candidate Or Sin-yi Windy hold her promotional placards in Hong Kong, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A protester is detained in Central district of Hong Kong on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro of Canada perform during the gala exhibition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Sapporo, northern Japan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai)

Pro-democracy supporters celebrate after pro-Beijing politician Junius Ho lost his election in Hong Kong, early Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

An Indian policeman patrols near the site of an explosion at a market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A protestor gestures from behind barricades during a confrontation with police at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

People affected by tear gas sit on steps to recover in the Central district of Hong Kong on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Alena Kostornaia, of Russia, performs in the ladies short program during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Sapporo, northern Japan, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai)

In this undated photo provided on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, poses as he inspects a women's company under Unit 5492 of the Korean People's Army in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

A protester reads out news information over a loud megaphone as a full moon rises over the barricaded bridge into the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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