Asia in review

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

Devotees take holy dips and pray in the river Saryu on the occasion of Ramnavi festival, celebrated as the birthday of Hindu God Rama, in Ayodhya, India, Thursday, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

U.S. soldiers try to remove mock chemical pollutants during a joint military drill between South Korea and the United States in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A child plays with a parachute toy at a park in Beijing, Sunday, March 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Pictures of the Week Asia Photo Gallery

Muslim men perform during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 24, 2023. Muslims around the world are observing Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic calendar, where they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Children play Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

A soldier dressed as an usher stands guard at an entrance door of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A man, top right, catches fish in a rice canal during a dry season on the outskirt of Phnom Penh Cambodia, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Kashmiri Muslim girl reacts to camera as she attends recitation classes of the holy Quran during the fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Fire officials rescue an injured person from the debris of a commercial building after an explosion, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Abdul Goni)

A women looks out from a observation deck as members of the Malaysian Islamic authority perform "Rukyah Hilal Ramadan," the sighting of the new moon to determine the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A model for the Dieyingchongchong collections by Chinese designer Dong Yaer has final makeup applied backstage during the China Fashion Week in Beijing, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Japan fans react after Japan's Masataka Yoshida hit a home rum in the 7th inning as they watch on a live stream of a World Baseball Classic (WBC) semifinal between Japan and Mexico being played at LoanDepot Park in Miami, during a public viewing event Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Members of a military band rehearse before a session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Indonesian Muslims perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A woman smeared with colors play Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Janet Yeoh, mother of Michelle Yeoh, celebrates after her daughter won in the best actress category during the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, as seen in a live view event at a cinema in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Rohingya refugees try to salvage their belongings after a major fire in their Balukhali camp at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

A girl takes a bath near a manual water pump at a slum area in Muntinlupa, Philippines, March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A model presents a creation from Chinese fashion studio D. Martina Queen during a show at China Fashion Week in Beijing, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Men from Barsana village smeared with colors play Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Deepanshu Aggarwal)

A man on a motorcycle crosses a suspension bridge over the Bagmati river in Lalitpur, Nepal, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A woman weeps at a neighborhood affected by a fuel depot fire in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

An Indian woman dressed in traditional attire participates in a procession to mark Gudi Padwa or the Marathi New Year in Mumbai, Maharashtra state, India, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

A man offers a prayer to a staute of Lord Buddha in Lalitpur, Nepal, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A washerman washes clothes on the banks of the river Brahmaputra on World Water Day in Guwahati, India, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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Lead photo: A tribal woman tries to catch small fish as her grand daughter dozes off on her back at a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

This gallery was curated by AP photo editors Courtney Dittmar and Hiro Komae in Tokyo.

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