Asia in review

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

An artist dressed as demon king Ravana sits backstage before the final performance during a traditional Ramleela drama to celebrate the festival of Dussehra in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Hostesses prepare drinks at the Great Hall of the People before the opening ceremony for the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

American celebrity socialite Paris Hilton attends an event with her fans in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 20. 2022. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)

Men walk under the rain caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae in Manila, Philippines on Saturday Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

People looking for their relatives inspect photographs of soccer match stampede victims provided by volunteers to help them identify their family members in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Dicky Bisinglasi)

A woman gets her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Members of Sri Lanka's Inter University Students Federation heckle a police officer during a protest held outside a state run university demanding the release of student union leaders who are in custody in Kelaniya, outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Motorists ride past the wreckage of a car burned during a clash between supporters of two soccer teams, outside Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Hendra Permana)

A mahout waits for tourists before the start of elephant safari for tourists in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Residents paddle through floodwaters in Ubon Ratchathani province, northeastern Thailand, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Nava Sangthong)

Workers who operate the manual scoreboard observe the ground conditions after rain delayed the first one day international cricket match between India and South Africa, in Lucknow, India, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Surjeet Yadav)

A U.S .155mm Howitzer fires a round during annual combat drills between the Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps in Capas, Tarlac province, northern Philippines, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A woman and a child, both wearing face masks, walk up a staircase on a building covered with autumn-colored leaves to take souvenir picture in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

School children dressed as iconic independence leader Mahatma Gandhi sit on a bench after taking part in an event to mark his birth anniversary in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Shayne Misselbrook stands in front of a glacier in the Taylor Valley in Antarctica, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (Mike Scott/NZ Herald via AP, Pool)

Hindu devotees gather to perform rituals to the Sun god during Chhath Puja festival at Sangam, the confluence of rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Young girls practice piano at the Ryonmot Kindergarten in the Sosong District of Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)

Motorists ride their electric-powered scooters on a street during the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A hand of a victim is seen after a cable bridge across the Machchu river collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Members of the South Korean Police Special Operation Unit participate during national comprehensive counter-terrorism training in Goyang, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A mother speaks to her child through the coffin who was one of the victims of a mass killing attack inside Wat Rat Samakee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Photos of the victims of a mass killing attack are displayed around coffins inside the Wat Rat Samakee temple in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A married Hindu woman looks at the moon through a sieve as part of a ritual to break her fast during Karva Chauth festival in Jammu, India, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers as a devotee carries a child on his shoulders at the Hazratbal shrine on Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/ Mukhtar Khan)

A man walks beside a damaged Korean Air plane after it overshot the runway at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Cebu, central Philippines early Monday Oct. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Juan Carlo De Vela)

A member of Taekwondo demonstration team breaks plates during the Taekwondo demonstration near the Gwanghwamun, one of South Korea's well-known landmarks, at a square in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The colorful panels reflecting women wearing face masks visiting a shopping mall in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Soccer fans enter the pitch during a clash between supporters at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Yudha Prabowo)

A Nepalese woman offers prayers to the setting sun at the Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Youth and students attend an evening gala with a firework display to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

A potter makes earthen lamps for the upcoming Tihar festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A boy with body painted and dressed as Mahatma Gandhi seeks alms at a traffic intersection in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A director conducts band members as they perform during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Men are overcome by emotion as they offer prayers for the victims of Saturday's soccer stampede outside the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Dicky Bisinglasi)

Security officers detain a fan during a clash between supporters of two Indonesian soccer teams at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Yudha Prabowo)

A street vendor tries to avoid fumes as a municipal worker fumigates a residential area to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A slum colony is decorated with lanterns and lights during Diwali, the festival of lights in Mumbai, India, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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This gallery was edited by AP photo editor Courtney Dittmar in Tokyo.

Lead photo: A camel herder is silhouetted against a partial solar eclipse in Pushkar, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Deepak Sharma)

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