Asia in review

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

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, giant panda Yongyong and her cub are seen at the Qinling research center of giant panda breeding in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. (Zhang Bowen/Xinhua via AP)

A child grimaces as a health worker takes a nasal swab sample for COVID- 19 testing through rapid antigen methodology, in New Delhi, India , Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

An Indian man sleeps as photographs of Hindu Gods are seen pasted on the walls of his shop, in a wholesale vegetable market in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A woman walks past a coronavirus-themed mural honoring health and other essential workers, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Writings on the mural read: "Our body and soul for the country." (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

An Indian woman working out is reflected on a mirror of a gym that reopened after lockdown in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Villagers work at their farm as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials during an eruption, in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (AP Photo)

Nepalese army personnel pay tributes before the body of a person who died of COVID-19 before cremating the same in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A devotee wearing a mask carries home an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha for worship during Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus walks into the entrance of a subway station during rainfall in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Attendees enjoy themselves during the Hello Chongli-Thaiwoo Midi Music Season held in Chongli in northern China's Hebei Province on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A Kashmiri prays inside Jamia Masjid, or Grand Mosque, in Srinagar, Indian Controlled Kashmir, Friday, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Children wearing face shields as a precaution against the coronavirus take part in a "leap frog" race during a performance held as a part of a celebration of the country's 75th anniversary of independence in Tangerang, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

An Indian health worker waits to take a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in a swab collection center in Gauhati, India, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Flower petals fall on Indian paramilitary soldiers participating in an Independence Day parade in Gauhati, India, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Ali Mohammad, a Kashmiri villager, with his grand son Burhan Ahmed keep a watch on their cattle from a hillock on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Indian Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Muslim girls with henna-decorated hands look out from a car on Eid in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A man dressed as Hindu god Hanuman participates in a celebration by Vishwa Hindu Parishad or World Hindu Council to mark the groundbreaking ceremony of a temple dedicated to Hindu god Ram in Ayodhya, in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A couple rest next to a sculpture as the sky fills up with heavy monsoon rain clouds in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Children take part in a greased-pole climbing competition during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the country's independence in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

A health worker helps another wear protective gear before proceeding to take nasal swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Gauhati, India, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Silhouetted against the sunset, visitors are reflected on the glass walls on a rooftop observation deck in Tokyo, on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Flood-affected villagers sit on a boat near their submerged houses in Morigaon district of Assam, India, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri Shiite Muslim as he attempt with others to take out a religious procession in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen at dusk in Hiroshima, western Japan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A Kashmiri cycles past a barricade set up as road blockade as a paramilitary soldier stands guard on the first anniversary of India’s decision to revoke the disputed region’s semi-autonomy, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Rows of beds are set up at a temporary COVID-19 field hospital at the Asia World Expo in Hong Kong, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Copies of Apple Daily newspaper with front pages featuring Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are displayed for sale at a newsstand in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

People gather at a sea front in the evening in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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