Asia in review

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

Exiled Tibetan Buddhist monks walk in a thick fog in Dharmsala, India, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

A fisherman throws his net beside the half-submerged M/V Palawan Pearl after it collided with a Cyprus-flagged BKM 104 dredger in Manila bay, Philippines on Thursday, July 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Tursunoy Rakhimova, of Uzbekistan, reacts as trainers use water in her corner during a women's fly weight 48-51 kg boxing match against Buse Naz Cakiroglu, of Turkey, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (Luis Robayo/Pool Photo via AP)

Muslims pray inside a mosque during an Eid al-Adha prayer in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Zik Maulana)

A physically disabled Nepalese girl waits with her mother to receive a dose of Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the Nepal Disabled Association Khagendra New Life Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A man holds an umbrella as it rains on the beach by the Bay of Bengal coast in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A man falls on the ground as he weeps during the burial of a relative who died of COVID-19 at Rorotan Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Workers, who transport iron rods used in building construction, light bidis as they take a break at a warehouse in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A helicopter drops a fire-retardant in a massive factory fire in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Chatchaphat Thongkorn)

Britain's Laura Unsworth (4) prepares for a penalty corner against the Netherlands during a women's field hockey match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Visitors take photos along the red walls near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Unidentified Kashmiri villagers grieve near the damaged residential house were suspected rebels were taking refuge, after a gunfight in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 2, 2021. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Clouds are reflected in water as a Kashmiri man fishes in the Dal Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Brazil's Bruna de Paula, center, scores during the women's preliminary round group B handball match between Russian Olympic Committee and Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

A man feeds fish in front of a hill coated with layers of ash from the Taal volcano in the town Agoncillo, Batangas province, Philippines on Friday, July 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A health worker disinfects plastic sheets after collecting nasal swabs from local residents for coronavirus testing in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

An empty intersection is seen from an aerial view in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on July 22, 2021. Vietnam's southern metropolis Ho Chi Minh City has tightened restrictions with a curfew order starting from Monday evening to contain a surge of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Huu Khoa)

A firefighter communicates with his colleagues on a walkie talkie inside the burnt food and beverage factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Xing, a shop owner at Yubei Agricultural and Aquatic Products World, walks in floodwaters at the market in Xinxiang in central China's Henan Province, Monday, July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

The hands of Kenya's Sharon Chepchumba Kiprono block the ball during the women's volleyball preliminary round pool A match between Dominican Republic and Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

A Nepalese worker cleans algae at the Kamal Pokhari pond in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A devotee of Hindu goddess Kali smeared in color performs a ritual during the 'Bonalu' festival at the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, July 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a woman to test for COVID-19 during a door-to-door testing drive in Gauhati, India, Friday, July 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Seito Yamamoto, of Japan, competes during the qualification round of the men's pole vault at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

An Indian Hindu devotee reacts in pain as he gets his cheeks pierced with a steel rod as part of a ritual during an annual pilgrimage to the temple of Hindu goddess Sheetla Mata in Jammu, India, Sunday, July 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

An employee wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus cleans the handrail of an escalator at the underneath of a subway station Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

From left, Priscilla Andreia Stevaux Carnaval of Brazil, Drew Mechielsen of Canada, Natalia Suvorova of the Russian Olympic Committee, Axelle Etienne of France, Laura Smulders of Netherlands, and Felicia Stancil of the United States compete in the women's BMX Racing quarterfinals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kashmiri shepherds push a sheep into a river to clean it before it selling ahead of the upcoming Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A man walks his cows back home as the sun sets in Krasaing Chrum village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, July 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Kashmiri, inspecting a house where suspected rebels had taken refuge, is seen through a hole created by a mortar shell fired by government forces during a gunfight, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Visitors wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus, walk through a sunflower field during the lunch break in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, July 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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

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