Asia in review

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

A digital display shows a red circle representing the flag of Japan during artistic gymnastics competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

This photo taken through a door pinhole shows medical workers wearing a protective clothing prepares to take swab sample for the coronavirus test from an AP photographer during a period of health quarantine at a hotel in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Tim Nedow, of Canada, competes in qualifications for the men's shot put at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Kashmiri Muslims raise their hands and pray as the head priest, unseen, displays a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad during special prayers to observe the Martyr Day of second Khalifa of Islam Hazrat Umar-e- Farooq, at at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A devotee dressed like Kali dances during the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Workers use machinery at a coastal road project construction site in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A Buddhist monk chants a holy scripts at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

An Indian artist performs a fire act during a procession as part of "Bonalu" festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A flood- affected boy looks at a mobile phone at a makeshift relief camp in a school in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Daomin Liu competes at women's 200m Individual Medley - SM6 Heat 1 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

From right: Asha Philip, of Britain, Daryll Neita, Dina Asher-Smith and Imani Lansiquot, celebrate after winning the bronze medal in the final of the women's 4 x 100-meter relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A man wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 walks down a flight of stairs at a park on a historic section of the old city wall in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Kashmiri Shiite Muslims detained by Indian police shout slogans from inside the police vehicle during a religious procession in central Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A vendor wearing a face mask to help protect from the coronavirus sells handmade wire toy bicycles as people gather at a park in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Ibrahim Hamadtou of Egypt plays against Park Hong-kyu of South Korea in Class 6, Group E of men's table tennis at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Members of the Hindu Brahmin community perform the annual 'Shravani Puja' at Sangam, the holy confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Sarawati, in Prayagraj, India. Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A boy from a fishing community posses for a picture along the shores of the Arabian Sea on the occasion of Narli Purnima Festival celebration in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim boy flagellate himself as he participates in an Ashura procession, the 10th day of Muharram, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Chisaki Oiwa, of Japan, performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifier at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Gabriel Geraldo do Santos Araujo, from Brazil, celebrates his silver medal at Men's 100m Backstroke - S2 Final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A reflection of Boudhanath stupa and a man is seen on rain water puddle in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Ingrid Oliveira, of Brazil takes a shower after competing in women's diving 10-meter platform preliminary at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Switzerland's Marcel Hug, competes in the men's T54 5000-meters final during the 2020 Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Germany's Anna Carmen Schell, right, reacts during her batlle against Egypt's Enas Ahmed at the women's 68kg freestyle wrestling match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

In this photo taken using slow camera shutter speed, hot lava runs down from the crater of Mount Merapi, in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, early Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

A tribal boy jumps from a rock in a paddy field at Moronga village, along the Assam-Meghalaya state border, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Staff greets a student during the first day of school reopening at an elementary school in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

A woman sells balloons at a Juhu beach in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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

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