Asia in review

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

A pair of BASE jumpers dive from the Kuala Lumpur Tower during the KL Tower International Jump in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Indian Air Force Suryakiran acrobatic team perform maneuvers during rehearsals ahead of the Aero India 2023 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Ashiya sits on her bed after her son Siddique Ali, 23, was picked up by the police in Guwahati, India, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A Tibetan monk in a ghoulish costume performs during a ceremony to chase away the "demon king" to bring peace and happiness for the Tibetan New Year at the Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman wearing a face mask walks by an advertisement showing a pair of hands outside a commercial office building in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A Hindu devotee gets his tongue pierced with a metal rod during the Thaipusam festival celebrations at Batu Caves, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

An Indian holy man take dips at Sangam, the confluence of rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna during "Maghi Purnima", or the full-moon day of the Hindu calendar month "Magh" in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A groom checks his bride's dress as they wait for ceremonies to begin at a mass wedding in San Juan city, Manila, Philippines to celebrate Valentines day Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A Hindu devotee of Lord Shiva holds a human skull with his teeth as he takes part in a religious procession on the occasion of the Maha Shivratri festival in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A vendor with an ash cross on her forehead sells flowers outside a church in downtown Manila, Philippines, on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Canada's Dodyk Ryan falls during the men's Keirin first round repechage of the UCI Track Nations Cup track cycling championship at Jakarta International Velodrome in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Kashmiri Muslims pray as the head priest displays a relic at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark the ascension of Prophet Muhammad to heaven, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Ethic Rohingya people collect belongings from their boat after landing on Lampanah Leungah beach in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Riska Munawarah)

A worker walks on rice bags while unloading them at a warehouse in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Sri Lanka army women's corp soldiers march during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Tibetan women prepare for a ritual dance as they celebrate the Losar, or Tibetan New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)

An Indian Hindu devotee demonstrates his fire breathing skills during a religious procession during Maha Shivaratri festival in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Workers are silhouetted against the setting sun at a construction site of a new Telangana State Secretariat building in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Hindu devotees carry decorated canopies called "kavadi", while climbing the 272 steps to Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple during Thaipusam celebrations at Batu Caves, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

People wearing face masks walk under fish shaped lanterns on display in a green space in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A lay minister places ash on the forehead of a devotee during Ash Wednesday rites Feb. 22, 2023, outside a church in downtown Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A woman and child wearing face masks walk through a gallery at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A yellow-vented Bulbul eats a worm from Nepenthes on the outskirts of Melaka town, Malaysia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Indian presidential palace to receive German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, for latter's ceremonial reception, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Lead photo: Indian folk artists perform a traditional dance during the inauguration of G20 working group meeting in Lucknow, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India. Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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

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