Asia in review

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

College students ride on their bicycles through the mustard fields on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A homeless woman sits by the entrance to the a dilapidated shelter for homeless people in New Delhi, Dec. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A worker in a protective suit wipes his face shield at a coronavirus testing side in Beijing, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Visitors wearing traditional "Hanbok" costumes walk through the snow at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, and one of South Korea's well known landmarks in Seoul, South Korea. Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) supporters celebrate early leads for the party as vote counting of Gujarat state elections is underway in Gandhinagar, India, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

People hold their umbrella as they walk on an embankment against gusty winds and high waves in Chennai, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/R.Parthibhan)

Exiled Tibetan activists hold blank white papers symbolizing government censorship in China, while shouting anti-China slogans during a protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Children play on a digital art installation titled "Rapidly Rotating Bouncing Spheres in the Caterpillar House", at the newly-opened "teamLab Massless" museum in Beijing, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

River Ganges is seen flowing near Devprayag in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A police autonomous robot patrols a mall area in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Villagers inspect an area affected by the eruption of Mount Semeru in Kajar Kuning vilage in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Imanuel Yoga)

Argentina fans in Kochi, Kerala state, India, celebrate as they watch on a big screen, their team's first goal during the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France in Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Soldiers wearing face masks and goggles march past masked passengers waiting at a railway station in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Women watch from their house as Rahul Gandhi, leader of India's opposition Congress party, march with his supporters, as a poster Sonai Gandhi, longest serving president of congress party, is seen on right, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A woman spreads out fish to dry on the Ngapali Beach near a fishing village in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Washer men put their clothes out to dry on the banks of the River Yamuna as seen from a railway bridge near Agra, India, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A woman wearing a face mask and covered with a fur hood walks on a street as the capital city is hit by cold wind in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A street vendor selling Santa caps combs her daughter as she waits for buyers ahead of Christmas in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Laborers work at a construction site on the banks of river Ganges as the sun sets in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Elderly Indian villagers sit in a vehicle after being discharged from cataract surgery at an eye camp organized by Manohar Das Netra Chikitsalay in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A masked worker walks through a tree's shadow cast on a mural depicting cherry blossom in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

In this aerial photo taken with a drone rescuers inspect the damage at a village affected by the eruption of Mount Semeru in Sumberwuluh, Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

A Sadhu or Hindu holy man rides on a bicycle past mustard fields on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Supporters wear masks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A commercial aircraft approaches the runway as the sun sets for the last time in 2022, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Lead photo: Members of the LGBTQ community wait to join in a pride walk in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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

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