Asia in review

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

A man negotiates a road covered with ash spewed from Taal Volcano in Lemery, Batangas, southern Philippines on Monday Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A roadside snack vendor waits for customers near a protest site against a new citizenship law that opponents say threatens India's secular identity, at Shaheen Bagh neighborhood of New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Kashmiri women watch the funeral of top rebel commander Umar Fayaz in the village of Tral, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A devotee rests after joining a raucous procession to celebrate the feast day of the Black Nazarene on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A family rides clouds of ash as they evacuate to safer grounds as Taal volcano in Lemery, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's President and the 2020 presidential election candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), is framed by a sign board during an election campaign rally in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu province, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A Indian migrant woman worker carries bricks at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A firefighter battles the Morton Fire as it consumes a home near Bundanoon, New South Wales, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (AP Photo (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

People watch as the Taal volcano spews ash and smoke during an eruption in Tagaytay, Cavite province south of Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

A young girl waves the Indian national flag as she shouts slogans at a protest site at Shaheen Bagh, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A buffalo owner pats his buffalo after it won a traditional buffalo fight held as part of Magh Bihu festivities at Boidyabori village, east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka makes a backhand return to Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina during their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Clouds of volcanic ash rise up from damaged trees in Laurel, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Men run with their traditional fishing tools to participate in a community fishing event during Jonbeel festival near Jagiroad, about 75 kilometers (47 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Romania's Simona Halep falls during her first round match against Jennifer Brady of the U.S. at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People queue up to buy face masks at a cosmetics shop in Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Pro-democracy demonstrators holding placards are reflected on a protester's sunglasses during a rally outside the Times Square shopping mall at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

P watch as Taal Volcano erupts, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, outside Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Germany's Alexander Zverev serves to Belarus' Egor Gerasimov during their second round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Silhouetted against sunset, visitors are reflected on the glass walls of Shibuya Sky observation deck Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

An Indian boy releases pigeons from terrace of his house in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A sushi chef holds up the head of a bluefin tuna at a restaurant in Tsukji market area in Tokyo, after it was sold at the first auction of 2020 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Nepalese men carry logs of wood for a cremation, enveloped in thick morning fog in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A traveler wears a face mask as he waits for a train at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

United States Serena Williams celebrates winning her finals singles match against United States Jessica Pegula at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday, Jan 12, 2020. (Chris Symes/Photosport via AP)

Camel mounted soldiers stand in formation during rehearsals for the upcoming Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina hill which houses India's most important ministries and the presidential palace in in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A riot policeman sprays pepper spray at a man as they disperse a crowd during a demonstration against "parallel traders" who buy goods in Hong Kong to resell in mainland China in Sheung Shui near the Chinese border in Hong Kong, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A resident clears volcanic ash from his roof in Laurel, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

People take pictures of a light show called "Crossing Light" at Shibuya Sky observation deck Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A half-naked shrine parishioner using wooden pot throws cold water on himself during an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A woman holds incense and prays for health and fortune on the first day of the New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A boy plays in front of images of former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant at the "House of Kobe" basketball court in Valenzuela, north of Manila, Philippines on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Fans left flowers and messages on the walls at the newly inaugurated court after learning of Bryant's death. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

An Indian Sashastra Seema Bal paramilitary soldier breathes through mouth as he participates in a parade to mark Republic Day in Gauhati, India, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Leila de Castro carries a statue of the baby Jesus which she recovered from the house of her sister as she walks on a road covered with volcanic ash in Boso-Boso, Batangas province, southern Philippines, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

CiCi Bellis of the U.S. makes a backhand return to Belgium's Elise Mertens during their third round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Paramilitary police wear face masks as they stand guard at Tiananmen Gate adjacent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Han Kuo-yu , Taiwan's 2020 presidential election candidate of the KMT or Nationalist Party, speaks during a campaign rally in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Christina Gelsone, left, and Seth Bloom manipulate a large fabric sheets as they perform their show, Air Play, during a preview for the Sydney Festival in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

A firefighter covers his face from block smoke as he battles a fire near Bendalong, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

A visitor looks at an ice sculpture on the opening night of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (Chinatopix via AP)

Fireworks light up the sky near the illuminated Olympic rings during a ceremony held to celebrate the 6-months-to-go milestone for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in the Odaiba district of Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

An Aboriginal man Anthony Kemp poses during the Wugulora Indigenous Morning Ceremony as part of Australia Day celebrations in Sydney, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

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