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 participant bears the weight of other men above him as people climb greased poles to retrieve prizes during a greased-pole climbing competition held as a part of Independence Day celebrations at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri Shiite Muslim for participating in a religious procession during restrictions in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Zuriah stands outside her flooded home in Mondoliko, Central Java, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Cloud of dust rises as twin high-rise apartment towers are razed to ground in Noida, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

People pray before forming a human pyramid to break the "Dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd, as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

Women in traditional Balinese costume take part in an Independence Day celebration parade in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

A man unfolds a fan as he does his morning exercises at a public park in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Flood waters surround houses on the banks of the river Ganges following heavy monsoon rains in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Indian paramilitary soldiers detain a lawmaker from India's opposition Congress party during a protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A child wearing a mask plays with an interactive art exhibition by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman held in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A shepherd with his flock shelters from the rain under a huge boulder in Dharmsala, India, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Kashmiri Shiite Muslim children run with religious flags to participate in a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A student participates in a peace rally to mark the anniversary of World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Workers sort out vegetables at a wholesale market in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

A Kashmiri man rows his boat through lotus plants on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A girl cries during the opening of classes at the San Juan Elementary School in metro Manila, Philippines, on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A Naga Army soldier stands in prayer during celebrations marking the Nagas' Declaration of Independence in Chedema, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)

Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during an Ashoura procession in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Children take part in a sack race competition during an Independence Day celebration in Jakarta, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

People crowd a market ahead of Ganesh Chaturti festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Rohingya refugees cry while praying during a gathering to mark the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at a Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/ Shafiqur Rahman)

Traditional Indian wrestlers prepare for a bout during Nag Panchami festival in Prayagraj, India. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Members of the fishing community make their way through plastic waste on the beach to offer coconut to the sea on the occasion of Narli Pournima, or coconut festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

Pyongyang citizens pay tribute to the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)

A Hindu devotee takes a holy dip with his child before collecting water from the Bagmati river during the Bol Bom pilgrimage at Sudarijaal, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

People sit in a shallow pool of water in the riverbed of the Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China's Wang Wenhan hits the ball during their game against Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation Cup for Women at the PhilSports Arena in, Pasig, Philippines, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Devotees join a procession with an idol of lord Ganesha ahead of the upcoming ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

Dwi Ulfani stands inside her flooded home in Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, July 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Protesters share a light moment before vacating a days-long protest camp outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Participants retrieve prizes after climbing up a greased pole during a greased-pole climbing competition held as a part of Independence Day celebrations at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A child wearing a mask runs through an art installation at a mall in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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

Lead photo: Visitors pose for a selfie in a sunflower field in Hokuto city of Yamanashi prefecture, Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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