This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Asia during the month of September.
People carry harvested paddy in a rice field on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Ma Guai in their Subai collection during the China Fashion Week in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A tattered Philippine flag is seen over a flooded road due to Typhoon Noru in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, Philippines, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A macaque walks on a roof in Dharamshala, India, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Protesters light up flares during a rally demanding that the government revoke its decision to raise fuel prices in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Human rights groups lights candles as they mark the 50th anniversary of martial law at the University of the Philippines in Metro Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A man rides his cycle rickshaw, ferrying plants, through a waterlogged street as it rains in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II following her death, in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
A Ladakhi child looks out a widow on the outskirts of Leh, Ladakh, India, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
A portrait of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hangs on the stage during his state funeral, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, Tokyo. Abe was assassinated in July. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)
A young girl sobs as she stands outside her shanty after floodwaters inundated homes along the banks of the Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
People wearing face masks walk along an exercise path at a public park in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A woman takes selfie photos in a field of sunflowers at a park in Yeoncheon, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Students duck under a table during an earthquake drill at an elementary school in Metro Manila, Philippines on Thursday Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Wrestlers compete at a local fair in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
A slum dweller sits by burnt shanties following an overnight fire in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022 (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is taken for immersion on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Living god Ganesh looks out from a window during the annual Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Residents give away onions and other foods along a flooded road due to Typhoon Noru in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, Philippines, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A woman walks past a Japanese restaurant in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Xiong Ying in her Heaven Gaia collection during the China Fashion Week in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
This gallery was edited by AP photo editor Courtney Dittmar in Tokyo.
Lead photo: Women wearing traditional attire pose for photographs as they practice the Garba, the traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of Navratri in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)