June 19-25, 2020
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and Pacific.
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June 19-25, 2020
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Jeepney driver Jude Recio takes a shower at the Tandang Sora terminal which have been home for them since a lockdown started three months ago, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in Quezon city, Philippines. About 35 jeepney drivers were forced to stay due to travel restrictions and have made jeepneys their home as the government banned public transport during the community quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Many of the jobless drivers have resorted to begging in the streets, displaying cardboard signs scrawled with pleas for money and food on their multi-colored jeepneys. (AP PhotoAaron Favila)
The hands of dermatologist Annisa Anjani Rahmadhan treats a patient through a protective acrylic box used a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak at the beauty clinic at Tambak Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (AP PhotoTatan Syuflana)
The 3-year old panda cub Xiang Xiang is seen at the reopened Ueno Zoo in Tokyo Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Hundreds of Tokyo residents flocked to Ueno zoo on Tuesday after it reopened for the first time since it closed in February due to coronavirus restrictions. (AP PhotoEugene Hoshiko)
The sun is seen through rain clouds during solar eclipse in Hong Kong Sunday, June 21, 2020. People across the Arabian Peninsula, Eastern Africa and Asia saw Sunday's solar eclipse. (AP PhotoVincent Yu)
Ethnic-Rohingya people take a break after arriving by boat on Lancok Beach, North Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Indonesian fishermen discovered dozens of the hungry, weak Rohingya Muslims on the wooden boat adrift off Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh late Monday, an official said. (AP PhotoZik Maulana)
Students wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing at a classroom during the first day of school reopening at a high school in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Malaysia began reopening schools Wednesday while entering the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) after three months of coronavirus restrictions. (AP PhotoVincent Thian)
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk through a shopping and office complex in Beijing, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. New virus cases have declined in China and in the capital Beijing, where a two-week spike appears to be firmly waning. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein)
The gallery was curated by AP photo editor Masayo Yoshida in Tokyo.
A young girl wearing a protective face shield enjoys a swing ride as physical distancing markings are seen on the seats during the first day of the reopening of Dunia Fantasi Amusement Park after weeks of closure due to the large-scale restrictions imposed to help curb the new coronavirus outbreak, at Ancol Dream Park in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, June 20, 2020. (AP PhotoTatan Syuflana)
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Tents of food stalls and other vendors are illuminated at Rot Fai Market in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 19, 2020. Daily life in the capital resumes to normal as the government continues to ease restrictions related to running business and activities that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. Thailand reported no local transmissions of the coronavirus in the past 3 weeks. (AP PhotoSakchai Lalit)
Jeepney driver Jude Recio takes a shower at the Tandang Sora terminal which have been home for them since a lockdown started three months ago, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in Quezon city, Philippines. About 35 jeepney drivers were forced to stay due to travel restrictions and have made jeepneys their home as the government banned public transport during the community quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Many of the jobless drivers have resorted to begging in the streets, displaying cardboard signs scrawled with pleas for money and food on their multi-colored jeepneys. (AP PhotoAaron Favila)
The hands of dermatologist Annisa Anjani Rahmadhan treats a patient through a protective acrylic box used a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak at the beauty clinic at Tambak Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (AP PhotoTatan Syuflana)
The 3-year old panda cub Xiang Xiang is seen at the reopened Ueno Zoo in Tokyo Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Hundreds of Tokyo residents flocked to Ueno zoo on Tuesday after it reopened for the first time since it closed in February due to coronavirus restrictions. (AP PhotoEugene Hoshiko)
The sun is seen through rain clouds during solar eclipse in Hong Kong Sunday, June 21, 2020. People across the Arabian Peninsula, Eastern Africa and Asia saw Sunday's solar eclipse. (AP PhotoVincent Yu)
Ethnic-Rohingya people take a break after arriving by boat on Lancok Beach, North Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Indonesian fishermen discovered dozens of the hungry, weak Rohingya Muslims on the wooden boat adrift off Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh late Monday, an official said. (AP PhotoZik Maulana)
Students wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing at a classroom during the first day of school reopening at a high school in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Malaysia began reopening schools Wednesday while entering the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) after three months of coronavirus restrictions. (AP PhotoVincent Thian)
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk through a shopping and office complex in Beijing, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. New virus cases have declined in China and in the capital Beijing, where a two-week spike appears to be firmly waning. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein)