Asia in review

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

A Mongolian woman prays as a monk stands at the entrance of the Gandan Buddhist monastery on the first day of summer, in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, Monday, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Members of the Tibetan Women's Association hold portraits of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, as they participate in a protest demanding his release, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May, 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A Philippine Army officer checks on members of an honor guard before the start of arrival honors for United States Army Chief of Staff, General James McConville at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig city, Philippines on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A man with a ghost-painted face takes part in a ceremony to invoke rain amid the rice planting season in Pring Ka-ek village, northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A woman salvages belongings from her home damaged by Cyclone Mocha at Saint Martin island in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)

A worker holds up a smoke stick during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Vietnam's Buithi Honggiang competes in the women's 10-meter platform final diving competition during the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia's Rusdi Rusdi, left, kicks a ball against Malaysia's Muhammad Noraizat during the men's team doubles sepaktakraw final match at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A performer prepares for a Cantonese opera show at the Bun Festival in Cheung Chau Islandin the Piu Sik Parade at the Bun Festival in Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong, Friday, May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

President Joe Biden, left, reacts as he meets with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Hiroshima, Japan, Thursday, May 18, 2023, ahead of the start of the G-7 Summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Police prepare to confront protesters marching against the Group of Seven (G7) meeting being held in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)

A taoist performs Wudang Tai Chi at Zixiao Palace during a media-organized tour at Wudangshan Mountain in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A giant panda reacts to visitors at the zoo on the last day of the May Day holidays in Beijing, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Children run on the playground at the Tongmun kindergarten No.1 in Taedonggang District of Pyongyang, North Kora Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

A man bathes from a roadside water tap to cool himself on a hot summer day on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Women wearing face masks walk by a lipstick advertisement on display at a shopping mall in Beijing, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A boy holds the hand of his father as they watch the sunset at a beach in Goa, India, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. I(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Worshippers burn incense at a temple during the Bun Festival in Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong, Friday, May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

An artist dressed in a Chinese opera costume performs near a dragon statue during an official event at Ting Sun Guan, Heptachord Terrace in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Monday, May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A monkey runs past a traditional wooden craft at Pashupatinath temple premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Family members grieve by the body ofIndian army soldier Neelam Singh during his cremation in Akhnoor, India, Saturday, May 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Singapore's Koen Yew Enpang keeps his eyes on the ball during his men's doubles semi final table tennis match against Philippine's Richard Pugoy Gonzales and John Russel Picondo at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, May 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Medical personnel shout slogans during a May Day rally in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

A man swims as residents cool off along a canal during a heat wave in Beijing, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman films her friends wearing the empress costumes perform a dance outside the Forbidden City in Beijing, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman with her hands decorated with henna holds her voter identity card as she waits to cast her vote at a polling station in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A boy reacts as a monk shaves his head during an event to have an experience of the lives of Buddhist monks, at the Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Commuters wearing face masks walk past a construction site in the central business district during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Friday, May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat, rear center, talks to media after casting his vote during a general election at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, May 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Rapeephat Sitichailapa)

Student activists who had come to support of protesting wrestlers are detained by the police as they try to join them in a march towards the newly inaugurated parliament in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May, 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Dancers perform ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's arrival to attend an Indian community event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 25, 2023, after scaling Mount Everest for the 28th time and beating his own record within a week, as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world's highest peak. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

South Korean army soldiers rappel down from a Surion helicopter during South Korea-U.S. joint military drills at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, South Korea, Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Security stand guard prior to dignitaries arrivals at Hiroshima airport for the G-7 summit, in Hiroshima western Japan, Thursday, May 18, 2023.(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

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Lead photo: A participant competes during a traditional bull race called "karapan sapi," held annually to attract visitors in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

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

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