Asia in Review

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

Nepalese Hindu devotees offer prayers dipping half of their bodies into the Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Indian villagers arrive with fishing tools to participate in community fishing as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations, marking the end of the harvest season, in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, serves to Denis Shapovalov, of Canada, during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

A shrine maiden walks past the main shrine while a worker clears the steps as the snow comes down Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Photographers try to take a picture inside a building which houses the lawyer's office of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, after the Australian government revoked the tennis star's visa for a second time, before the start of the Australian Open. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

A man walks wearing a facemark as a precaution against the coronavirus as others exercise in a park, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Health workers walk through a market as they conduct mass coronavirus tests in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Sikh devotees gather to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines, on New Year's Day in Amritsar, India, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

Arsha Begum, An elderly Kashmiri woman, receives the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine from healthcare worker Fozia during a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Budgam, southwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Jan. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A child practices ice hockey near the Beijing Olympics Tower in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A Hindu holy man, performs rituals after taking holy dips at the Sangam, the confluence of three rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati on the auspicious Paush Purnima day in Prayagaraj, India, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A young boy plays under lanterns decorating Hok Lay Kiong temple on the evening of Chinese New year, in Bekasi, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Wild elephants scavenge for food at an open landfill in Pallakkadu village in Ampara district, about 210 kilometers (130 miles) east of the capital Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Achala Pussalla)

Sweat drops from the face of Rafael Nadal, of Spain, during a break in his second round match against Yannick Hanfmann, of Germany, at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Tribal women arrive with their fishing tools to participate in community fishing as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations, marking the end of the harvest season in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Kashmiri children look out from behind a closed window of their house during a counterinsurgency operation on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A person wearing a face shield walks past the Olympic rings inside the main media center at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Indian army soldiers march through the ceremonial Rajpath boulevard during India's Republic Day celebrations, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Jaffar Ali, a healthcare worker, administers a dose of Covishield vaccine to Ghulam Yousaf Mir during a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Camel-mounted soldiers stand in formation during rehearsals for the upcoming Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina hill which houses India's most important offices and the presidential palace in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Children wait to receive their COVID-19 vaccines at a government school in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Workers carry out a clean-up operation on Mae Ramphueng Beach after a pipeline oil spill off the coast of Rayong province in eastern Thailand, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Nava Sangthong)

A parent, teachers and a police officer try to calm a student down as he receives a shot of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign run by Indonesian National Police at a school for children with special needs in Depok on the outskirt of Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Two men transport goods on a pushcart as vehicles move past the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj train terminus building that is illuminated on the eve of India's Republic Day in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Artists from the Indian state of Karnataka prepare for a press preview of the upcoming Republic Day parade, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A teacher, working at a government, school gives an online class inside an empty class room amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, in Dharavi, Asia's largest slum in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Residents film as snow falls near the illuminated Beijing Olympic Tower, at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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

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