Asia in review

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

In this photo taken with slow shutter speed, hot lava flows down from the crater of Mount Merapi as its activity continues since local geological authority raised the alert level of the volcano to the second-highest level in November, in Sleman, Indonesia, early Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Taufiq Rozzaq)

Government workers wearing personal protective equipment walk at the closed area of Jordan district in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Farmers walk away from the stage as it starts raining during a protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A traveler wearing a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus rides an escalator beneath a colored skylight at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A boy holds up roosters before releasing them to fight during Jonbeel festival near Jagiroad, about 75 kilometers (47 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Silhouetted against the warm sunset skyline and the illuminated Tokyo Tower, visitors are reflected on the glass walls of a rooftop observation deck Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Residents build tents outside their house badly damaged by earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)

Indian army soldiers march through the ceremonial Rajpath boulevard during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The remains of the Alas-as elementary school are seen in the middle of patterns of erosion on volcanic ash deposits at the Taal volcano almost a year after it erupted, on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in Batangas province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

An Indian boy plays with sands on the banks of the river Brahmaputra as people gather to celebrate the New Year in Gauhati, India, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Artisans work on a hundred feet reclining Buddha statue in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Relatives weep as they pray during the burial of Fadly Satrianto, a victim of the crash of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

Foreign passengers wearing protective suits prepare for their flight to China at Manila's International Airport, Philippines, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A group of Naga girls in traditional attire accompany a bride-to-be, center, as she leaves her village to travel to the village of her groom, in Shangshak village, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)

Mount Fuji is viewed clearly through the cool winter air as Japan National Stadium, front left, where an opening ceremony and other events for Tokyo 2020 Olympics are planned, are is seen from an observation deck Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

A protesting farmer hurls back a tear gas shell towards police as they march to the capital breaking police barricades during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus peeps on a door at an area designed as old Beijing's hutong alley inside a shopping mall in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman stands on the debris of a fire at a slum area in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. More than 50 huts of a slum inhabited mostly by ragpickers were gutted in a fire that broke out Saturday afternoon. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

An elderly protesting farmer looks through a hole in a tarpaulin covering the tractor trolley as they march to the capital during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Supporters of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli hold his portrait as they participate in a rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A large video screen shows a government news report about the inauguration of President Joe Biden at a shopping mall in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Russell Dawson of the Koomurri Aboriginal Dancers participates in a smoking ceremony during Australia Day ceremonies in Sydney, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

A worker adds finishing touches to giant mural tribute to frontline workers in the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic outside a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Young Catholic devotees wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus stand try to get a glimpse of the the Black Nazarene at the Santa Cruz Church in Manila, Philippines a day before it's feast day on Friday Jan. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A worker wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus sweeps snow off the walkways with a broom at the Deoksu Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

People react as the body of a relative is retrieved from the ruin of a building at an area affected by an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)

Australia's Marnus Labuschagne falls as he attempts to field the ball during play on the final day of the third cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Commuters wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rush into a train carriage during a morning rush hour at a subway station in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A security person wearing a face shield and face mask guards at the entrance of a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Rescuers assist a survivor pulled out from the ruin of a government building collapsed during an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Azhari Surahman)

A Shariah Law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of having homosexual sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Riska Munawarah)

Farmers lie under blankets as they block a major highway in protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A woman wearing a mask steps out from an eatery in central China's Hubei province on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A Rohingya refugee sits by the charred remains after a fire broke out in Nayapara Camp in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammed Faisal)

Protesting farmers remove police barricades as they march to the capital during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus cross an intersection Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

A National Security Guard soldier takes position on his tableaux during rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Pyongyang city army-people rally to celebrate the election of Kim Jong Un as General Secretary of the WPK (Workers' Party of Korea), at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

Brand-new ultralow-temperature freezers are seen at a warehouse at Kanou Reiki, a freezer supplier, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Protesters of a splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party clash with police during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Villagers participate in community fishing as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, in the northeastern state of Assam, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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