Asia in review

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

A man digs as he tries to recover a vehicle submerged in mud in the flood affected area along the Teesta river in Rongpo, east Sikkim, India, Sunday, Oct. 8. 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

China's Sun Qihao competes during the men's decathlon pole vault at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A Buddhist devotee lights oil lamps during celebrations of the full moon day of Thadingyut, or lighting festival, to mark the end of Buddhist Lent, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A Chinese soldier marches outside the Great Hall of the People prior to the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

People look at debris after a fire gutted nearly a dozen shanties on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

South Korea's Jeong Ha Sung returns the ball during men's sepaktakraw Group B preliminary match against Japan at Jinhua Sports Centre at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, China, Jinhua, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Coco Gauff of the United States serves against Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia during the first round of the women's singles match in the China Open tennis tournament at the Lotus Court in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Indians in traditional attire pose for the media as they practice the Garba, a traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of Navratri festival in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A student activist resists detention while gathering to protest against Israel's military operations in Gaza and to support the Palestinian people, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Two men share a piece of cloth to protect from the sun as they watch from a deserted gallery the ICC Cricket World Cup match between Australia and South Africa in Lucknow, India, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri )

Local resident wades through a flooded road in Bago, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Yangon, Myanmar, Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. F (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Kashmiri Muslims pray as a priest displays a relic of Sufi saint Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani outside his shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A vendor holds ducks and waits for customers on the ninth day of Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Uzbekistan's Ekaterina Voronina competes during the women's heptathlon long jump at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korean Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the press day of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2023 at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A Pa-O ethnic woman smokes a cigar as she waits for customers at a local bazaar Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, in Inle Lake, southern Shan State, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Soldiers perform during a parade marking the 78th anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Team Japan performs in the Technical Routine segment of the Artistic Swimming Team competition at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A Kashmiri boy sips tea as his farmer parents work in a paddy field on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Oct 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A woman prays at Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in Tondano, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A person swings a dragon ribbon near the Bell Tower in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

A man wears a sticker of Palestinian flag during a rally in support of the Palestinians in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Inntha ethnic people row on a long boat in a procession carrying Buddha images to a monastery during the pagoda festival Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Inlay Lake, southern Shan State, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Lyu Ping of China, left, takes a punch from Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan, right, during boxing Men's 51-57Kg semifinal match at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Hangzhou, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A U.S. soldier from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, runs in a smoke during South Korea and the United States combined combat demonstration as a part of the K-ICTC (Korea International Combat Training Competition) in Inje, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Collin Morikawa of the United States kisses the trophy after winning the PGA Tour Zozo Championship at the Narashino Country Club in Inzai on the outskirts of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Tomohiro Ohsumi)

Women pull a chariot during Indra Jatra, a festival that marks the end of the rainy season in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A woman walks to a temple to perform rituals on the ninth day of Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Activists scuffle with security as they tried to march in front of the Israel embassy to show solidarity for the Palestinian people in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The evening news broadcast shows an obituary photo of the former Premier Li Keqiang on a giant LED screen in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

An artist is prepared for a religious procession during Dussehra festival in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party run after clashing with police during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Afghanistan's captain Hashimatullah Shahidi celebrates their win against Pakistan during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Chennai, India, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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Lead photo: A man lights firecrackers during Dussehra festival in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

This gallery was curated by AP photo editors Courtney Dittmar and Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.

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