Asia in review

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

Hindu devotees listen to a religious leader at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Coco Gauff of the U.S. serves to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

A helicopter carrying bodies of victims of a plane crash arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)

An elderly patient receives an intravenous drip while using a ventilator in the hallway of the emergency ward in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

India's opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, center right and his sister and party leader Priyanka Vadra, center left, gesture toward the crowd as they walk with their supporters during a 5-month-long "Unite India March," in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A group of tourists from Singapore wearing traditional Japanese kimonos buy fortune papers as one takes a selfie at Sensoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts after losing a game to Australia's Alex de Minaur during their Group D match at the United Cup tennis event in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Chinese paramilitary police stand guard at Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Fans known as "The Richies" cheer as Australia's Usman Khawaja celebrates with making 100 runs against South Africa during the second day of their cricket test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Students watch security personnel guard the main gate of Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Participants cast lines through holes drilled in the surface of a frozen river during a trout-catching contest in Hwacheon, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A child looks on as Indian policemen frisk Kashmiri pedestrians during a surprise security check in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Krishna Mani Baral)

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus kisses the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Trophy after defeating Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

Indian Tamil Hindu women offer prayers as they cooks special food to celebrate the harvest festival of Pongal at Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A couple wearing traditional "Hanbok" outfits take a selfie in 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, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A pair of buffalos lock horns during a traditional buffalo fight held as part of Magh Bihu festivities at Boidyabori village, east of Guwahati, in the northeastern state of Assam, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A woman cries as the body of a relative, who was a plane crash victim, is brought to a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Yunish Gurung)

Women soldiers of Assam Rifles, an Indian paramilitary force, practice a march-past for the upcoming Republic day parade in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Niu Jiayi, a Chinese tourist, poses for a picture near a light sculpture for the Year of the Rabbit in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A Karbi tribal man smokes as he joins a community fishing event as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Guwahati, India, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Hindu devotees crowd the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers, the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, to take a holy dip on Mauni Amavsya or the new moon day, the most auspicious day during the annual month long Hindu religious fair "Magh Mela" in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Satya Prakash)

China's Feng Yan Zhe, right, and Huang Dong Ping celebrate after defeating China's Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin during their mixed doubles final match in the Indonesia Masters badminton tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A man wearing a face mask shops for Chinese Lunar New Year decorations at a pavement store in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

School children participate in a Republic Day parade in Guwahati, India, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A woman in a traditional Japanese kimono rings in the new year by joining a Buddhist ritual called "Joya no Kane" at Sensoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

An auto driver looks through a snow-covered windshield in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Devotees take holy dips in the Sali river during Madhav Narayan festival in Sankhu, northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Roosters attack each other during a cockfight as part of Jonbeel festival near Jagiroad, about 75 kilometers (47 miles) east of Guwahati, India, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

People form the shape of a heart as they pose for photo with the first sunrise on New Year's Day at a park in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Lead photo: Half-naked shrine parishioners douse themselves with cold water during a cold-endurance ritual at the Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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

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