LatestCourtney DittmarSeptember 03, 2023Comment

Asia in review

LatestCourtney DittmarSeptember 03, 2023Comment

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

A vendor uses a traditional umbrella to shield from the sunlight while waiting for customers at her store selling souvenirs in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A student participates in a peace rally to mark the anniversary of World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

A topless man carries an inflatable tube on his bicycle as he was on his way to swim at an urban waterway in the humid weather in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Artists prepare idols of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha and other deities a month before the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Traditional Indian wrestlers engage in a bout during Nag Panchami festival in Prayagraj, India, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Two men push a motorcycle through floodwaters after heavy monsoon rains flooded a vegetable market in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A man cheering for the successful landing of India's moon craft Chandrayaan-3, on the moon surface, poses with the Indian flag in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A resident clears mud from his home after floods devastated Nanxinfang village on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Two folk artists chat as they wait to participate in a procession marking 'Atham', the first day of ten-days long Onam festival in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Sunday, Aug.20, 2023. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Spain's Salma Paralluelo lies on the ground with her medal at the end of the Women's World Cup soccer final between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

People stand near a portion of the Shimla-Kalka heritage railway track that got washed away following heavy rainfall on the outskirts of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh state, Monday, Aug.14, 2023. (AP Photo/ Pradeep Kumar)

A woman from Nepal's indigenous community wearing traditional ornaments participates in a rally to mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous People in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Giant male panda Xing Xing checks his ice cake on its 17th birthday at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Spain forward Juancho Hernangomez battles for a loose ball against Brazil forward Leonardo Meindl during the Basketball World Cup group G match between Spain and Brazil at the Indonesia Arena stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

South Korea's K21 infantry fighting vehicle sails to shores in a smoke during the combined wet gap crossing military drill between South Korea and the United States as a part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise in Cheorwon, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A robot face capable of mimicking human like expressions is displayed near robotic arms at the annual World Robot Conference at the Beijing Etrong International Exhibition and Convention Center in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A man washes his clothes in a stream near debris left over after flood waters devastate the village of Nanxinfang village on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A man walks by office buildings at the Central Business District in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

People struggle to hold onto their umbrellas in the rain and wind in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, as the tropical storm named Khanun approaches the Korean Peninsular. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Members of the fishing community make their way through a beach filled with plastic waste to offer coconuts to the ocean to celebrate Narli Pournima, or coconut festival, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indian army soldiers display an exercise along the Line of Control or LOC between India and Pakistan during a media tour arranged by the Indian army in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector, India, Saturday, Aug.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A Parsi man walks next to a bas-relief depicting early Zoroastrians at a Parsi colony on Parsi New Year Navroz, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Player compete to head the ball during the Women's World Cup semifinal soccer match between Sweden and Spain at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Cornaga)

People walk on the beach to surf at the Yotsukura beach, about 30 kilometers (about 18 miles) south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Assam Police women personnel take part in a parade during India's Independence Day celebrations in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A man walks by a large screen at a shopping mall showing CCTV broadcasting news of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Confetti and smoke in the colors of the Indian national flag mark the entry of INS Vindhyagiri, a new warship for the Indian navy, into the Hooghly river in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party members and supporters hold electronic candles during a rally to demand the withdrawal of the Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A woman and a child use umbrellas to protect themselves from rainfall brought about by tropical storm as they walk by Central Business District in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)