This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Asia during the month of December.
Relatives and neighbors watch the funeral of Rameez Ahmad, a policeman who was killed in Monday's gun attack, in Yachama, northeast of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
A woman smears vermilion paste on the eye of a wild male elephant, one of two killed by a train, in Durung Pathar, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Women wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus walk by an art installation depicting a prosperity chamber on display outside a mall in Beijing, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Romel Lo-ang recovers personal belongings from their damaged home due to Typhoon Rai in Cebu province, central Philippines on Sunday Dec. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jay Labra)
An Indian farmer gets his a shave at the site of protest in Ghazipur, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A girl, with her face painted, participates in an HIV and AIDS awareness program on World AIDS Day in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A Bangladeshi man carries his granddaughter holding their national flag inside the Museum of Independence during celebrations to mark 50 years of victory over Pakistan, at an event in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A survivor of a ferry fire receives treatment at a government medical hospital, in Barishal, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Niamul Rifat)
A group of Indian farmers dance at a protest site as they start to dismantle temporary structures used during protests in Ghazipur, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tank fires its gun at a target during an annual drill exercise at the Minami Eniwa Camp Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Eniwa, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A worker wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus cooks roasted pigs in Manila, Philippines on Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A woman hangs a paper note bearing her New Year wishes to a wire at a Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Indian balloon vendors walk back home as the sun sets on New Year's Eve in Jammu, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
An injured survivor of a ferry fire cries in a pain as he receives treatment at a government medical hospital, in Barishal, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Niamul Rifat)
Hindu priests pray at the Kashi Vishwanath temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Varanasi, India, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A surfer rides a wave in front of iconic Mount Fuji as the sun sets Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, in Fujisawa, south of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
A man reads a paper as another steps into the sunlight wearing a face mask in the business district of Central, Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
People walk past an illuminated church ahead of Christmas in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
South Korean 2nd army command's soldiers perform taekwondo as U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook (both not pictured) watch during a ceremony of the SCM (Security Consultative Meeting) at the great parade ground in the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Jeon Heon-ky/Pool Photo via AP)
Fisherwomen hang fish on a structure made of bamboo poles to sun dry them at a fishing colony in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Japan's Hina Hayata serves to Taiwan's Cheng I-Cheng during their round of 16 match in the World Table Tennis Cup Finals in Singapore, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Miller)
People walk through a tunnel of a holiday light display Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
A man inspects a truck buried in the ash following the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang district, East Java province, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)
A health worker collects a swab sample of a passenger to test for COVID-19 at a train station in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
People wade through a flooded road in Hulu Langat, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A student wears a face mask as part of health protocols during the first day of face-to-face classes at the Comembo elementary school in Makati city, Philippines on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
An Indian Air Force Air Warrior drill team displays rifle handling skills during a graduation ceremony of new cadets at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
A woman feeds her child on the side of a road, as she waits for customers to buy decorative items for Christmas from her mobile shop, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Relatives and neighbors pray by the body of Rameez Ahmad, a policeman who was killed in Monday's gun attack, during his funeral in Yachama, northeast of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
A Nepalese devotee counts butter lamps before she lights them at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Indian gay couple Supriyo Chakraborty, left, and Abhay Dang, share a happy moment during their promising ceremony for acceptance on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Dec.18, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
A Kashmiri man looks through the broken glass of a parked vehicle near the site of a shootout on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
An attendee at an event that coincided with the New Year Eve smiles as fake snow from a foam machine is blown overhead in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
This gallery was edited by AP photo editor Courtney Dittmar in Tokyo.