Asia in review

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

A Kashmiri woman and a child watch from behind a window mesh the funeral of Waseem Ahmed, a policeman who was killed in a shootout, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, June 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Kindston Jayalath, of Sri Lanka, fishes on a polluted beach filled with plastic pellets washed ashore from the fire-damaged container ship MV X-Press Pearl in Kapungoda, on the out skirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A member of the Buddhist faithful circumnavigates the Jokhang Temple as others rest on benches in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Port Stephens, Australia, Monday, June 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

A shopkeeper arranges shoes during a partial relaxation of restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A man wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rides a bicycle at an intersection Friday, June 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Khushi Mir, left, a transgender Kashmiri, relaxes with friends at the end of a meeting of community members in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

A newborn rhino calf stands near its mother at the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Monday, June 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Members of the Buddhist faithful pray outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend online classes at a slum on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Monday, June 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Performers dressed as rescue workers gather around the Communist Party flag during a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on Monday, June 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nam Chang-dong, a South Korean tightrope walker, performs "Jultagi," or Tightrope Walking, at the Namsan Hanok village in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A telephone department worker repairs underground cables during a partial relaxation of restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A stray dog stands amid the waves as the decomposed remains of a turtle lies on a beach polluted following the sinking of a container ship that caught fire while transporting chemicals off Kapungoda, outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Kashmiri Bakarwal nomad girls peep through an opening in a blanket that covers their tent as they watch other children play at a temporary camp on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Daily wage laborers wait to be employed for the day, on a street in Mumbai, India, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A health worker collects swab sample of traveler to test for COVID-19 at a train station in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Sri Lankans wade through floodwaters following heavy rainfall at Malwana, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, Thursday, June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A policeman rides a horse wearing a virus-themed helmet during a COVID-19 awareness drive in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Family members watch workers bury a coffin at the special section of the Padurenan cemetery which was opened to accommodate the surge in deaths during the coronavirus outbreak in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

An Indian soldier keeps guard near the site of a grenade attack on a security force post in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, June 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Turkmenistan's goalkeeper Charyyev Rasul punches the ball during their Asian zone Group H qualifying soccer match against South Korea for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at Goyang stadium in Goyang, South Korea, Saturday, June 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Special police officer recruits, who completed nearly three months of physical training, demonstrate their skills at Kathua in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Saturday, June 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A Tibetan man stands nearby as a young tourist poses for photos on a white yak at the shore of the lake in Namtso in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A health worker crosses a paddy field during a vaccination drive against COVID-19 in Minnar village, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

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This gallery was edited by AP photo editors Courtney Dittmar in New York and Toru Takahashi in Tokyo.

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