This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Asia during the month of February.
A health worker collects swab samples during door-to-door screening for COVID-19 at Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai, India, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Protesters shout slogans during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. (AP Photo)
A vendor wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus holds headgears and balloons and smokes as he waits for customers outside his shop in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus ride an escalator at an office and shopping complex in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A tired worker in protective overalls bends over to stretch at the entrance of the Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention as the World Health Organization team makes a field visit in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Protesters flashing three fingered salutes and holding an image with an X mark on the face of Myanmar Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing face rows of riot police in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. (AP Photo)
A Kashmiri woman wails outside a house allegedly ransacked by security forces after suspected militants killed a policeman, in Beerwah area, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Robert Sicat sprays a protective coating on a Dragon head at a creekside slum at Manila's Chinatown, Binondo Philippines on Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Pilgrims take holy dips early morning at Sangam, the sacred confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, India. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Police charge forward to disperse protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photos)
Belgium's Elise Mertens, left, and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrate with their trophy after defeating Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)
Worshippers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus burn joss sticks as they pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, walks along a stream in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Security officers push back people shouting slogans during a protest held to show support to farmers who have been on a months-long protest, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
An Indian farmer walks in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Nagas perform during a traditional wrestling match in Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Tin Tin Win, center, weeps over the body of her son, Tin Htut Hein, at his funeral in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (AP Photo)
Residents wearing masks to protect from the coronavirus visit a popular retail street on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Kashmiri men row their makeshift raft made of plastic pipes on the Dal Lake after a brief spell of fresh snowfall on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
A Hindu Holy man prays as others shower flower petals on him during Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, India. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Tents set up for devotees cover the banks of the Sangam, confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati, on the eve of the Maghi Purnima, or the full-moon day during the annual traditional fair of "Magh Mela" In Prayagraj, India, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Protesters shout slogans as police arrive during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. (AP Photo)
A surfer walks off to the beach as Mount Fuji is viewed in the background Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Fujisawa, west of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Nepalese supporters of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party celebrate the Supreme Court order in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Residents wait to be evacuated from their flooded neighborhood following heavy rains in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus are silhouetted as they walk by a commercial office building during their lunch break in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A Nepalese devotee writes her name on a Saraswati temple, with the belief that writing on the wall of a Saraswati temple on this day imparts knowledge, during Shri Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Boats are lined up as pilgrims take holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna on 'Mauni Amavasya' or new moon day, an auspicious bathing day during the annual month long Hindu religious fair "Magh Mela" In Prayagraj, India. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Russia's Daniil Medvedev hits a backhand return to compatriot Andrey Rublev during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)
A Hindu pilgrim prays during Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, India. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Myanmar nationals living in Thailand hold pictures of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi gesture with a three-fingers salute, a symbol of resistance, as they protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)