Asia in review

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

A police officer fires a projectile towards protesters during a rally against a controversial bill on job creation in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a shopkeeper during random testing for COVID-19 in a market in Gauhati, India, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Pro-democracy activists wave mobile phones with lights during a demonstration at Kaset intersection, suburbs of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A pro-democracy protester, partly seen at left, and a bus ticket clerk, right, three-finger flash each other, in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pedestrian stand near an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A woman reacts as police detain activists protesting against gang rape and killing of a woman in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh during a protest in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A couple wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus embrace each other on an elevator as they exit a subway station with commuters during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Protesters add a bicycle to a burning metro station during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus tries to hold a statue's hand as he sits in an art installation on display at a shopping mall in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A cat crosses a foot bridge as a Kashmiri man rows his boat carrying vegetables after buying them from a floating vegetable market on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Police arrest activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo)

A Kashmiri Muslim girl stands between women praying at the Hazratbal shrine on Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of the prophet, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

People walk past a screen showing the news report that President Donald Trump has left a hospital to return to the White House after receiving treatments for COVID-19, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, right, is congratulated by her partner Clarke Gayford following her victory speech to Labour Party members at an event in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

A Nepalese man wearing a mask as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus walks in a market area in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A resident undergoes a free COVID-19 swab test in a low income area in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A man checks his mobile phone as he sits amid physical distancing markers prior to the start of a movie at CGV Cinemas theater in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Police in riot gear try to block protesters from advancing towards the Presidential Palace during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A Nepalese woman wearing a face mask as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus crosses a road in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Homeless people sleep in a local railway station after local trains were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Yuna Recio, of the Philippines, wears a protective masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as she looks at an aquarium at the Tandang Sora jeepney terminal in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Pro-democracy protesters gather, flashing three-fingered salutes near a main shopping district in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe )

An Indian Air Force fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-30 fires flares during Air Force Day parade at Hindon Air Force Station on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Chandrashekhar Azad, leader of the Bhim Army, a political party of Dalits who represent the Hinduism's lowest caste, speaks during a protest against the gang rape and killing of a woman in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A man who lives inside the North Cemetery relaxes on his hammock on top of tombs on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A young visitor wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus runs through a field of blooming cosmos flowers in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Riot police use their shields to form a defensive cover during a protest against the new Job Creation Law approved by Parliament, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

An Indian fisherman fixes his fishing net sitting on a country boat on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Residents wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ride motorcycles as they negotiate a flooded road due to Typhoon Molave in Pampanga province, northern Philippines on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A woman takes a selfie as visitors wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus gather near a giant cat structure on display at a commercial office building in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Soldiers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rally to welcome the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

Relatives mourn during the funeral of Fida Hussain, a local leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in Qazigund, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Tourists wearing masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus visit the popular Nanluogu alley area on the last day of the National Day holidays in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Student protesters raise their fists as they chant slogans during a protest against a new Job Creation Law in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Supporters of the Thai monarchy display images of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Queen Suthida, late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and wave a giant national flag during a rally at Lumphini park in central Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Skateboarders perform tricks silhouetted against the sunset colored sky on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

A soldier of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry takes oath during a graduation ceremony at a military base on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus is reflected on a window panel as she walks by a retailed shop displaying Chinese calligraphy fonts in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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