AP PHOTOS: AP Week in Pictures, Asia

A local visitor waits for tickets outside Mughal Garden on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. After four months of lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus, officials in Indian administered Kashmir Wednesday ordered reopening of the famous Mughal Garden and public parks across the valley although COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the region. (AP PhotoMukhtar Khan)

A health worker takes a nasal swab of a person for a COVID-19 test at a hospital in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 6, 2020. India has overtaken Russia to become the third worst-affected nation by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoManish Swarup)

Students leave a testing site for China's national college entrance examinations, also known as the gaokao, in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Almost 11 million students began taking China's university entrance exam Tuesday after a delay as the country worked to bring down coronavirus infections. (Chinatopix via AP)

Hindu devotees and visitors make their way to the top of of Mount Bromo at dawn during Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Every year people gathered for the annual festival where offerings of rice, fruit, vegetables, livestock or money are made to Hindu gods at the active volcano to ask for blessings and assure a bountiful harvest. (AP PhotoTrisnadi)

Plastic sheets on a traditional Jeepney bus separate passengers as part of health measures to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Friday, July 3, 2020. The government is allowing some routes for Jeepneys to be opened to help public transportation as the government slowly eases the coronavirus lockdown (AP PhotoAaron Favila)

Some 400 drones fly over the Han River showing messages of appreciation for medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday, July 4, 2020. (Lim Hwa-youngYonhap via AP)

A TV screen shows a picture of the late Macao tycoon Stanley Ho at his funeral memorial in Hong Kong, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Stanley Ho, the dashing billionaire and bon vivant who was considered the father of modern gambling in China, who died last May. (AP PhotoKin Cheung)

A Kashmiri Muslim woman weeps as she prays outside a muslim shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 3, 2020. Congregational and individual prayers in mosques and shrines remained suspended in the Kashmir valley due to the lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, leading to devotees crowding outside shrines. (AP PhotoMukhtar Khan)

A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus is reflected on a glass wall at a shopping arcade Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP PhotoEugene Hoshiko)

A teacher and students wearing hats designed for space keeper, practice social distancing to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at Ban Pa Muad School in Chiang Mai, north of Thailand, Friday, July 3, 2020. (AP Photo Wichai Taprieu)

People are reflected on the glass of a crockery shop as they participate in a Good Friday procession in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP PhotoR S Iyer)

A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus takes pictures of an artificial flower arrangement at a park in Goyang, South Korea, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (AP PhotoAhn Young-joon)

A woman carries her daughter as they queue up for free iftar, the evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset, distributed for the needy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 18, 2022. Muslims in many parts of the world are observing Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, where they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Commuters wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus ride on a crowded bus traveling from the outskirts of the capital city clogged in heavy traffic on a road during the morning rush hour, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Beijing. China’s economic growth edged up to a still-weak 4.8% over a year earlier in the first three months of 2022 as spreading coronavirus outbreaks prompted shutdowns of major industrial cities. (AP PhotoAndy Wong)

Dancers and the iconic character Mickey Mouse perform during a parade at the Hong Kong Disneyland, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Hong Kong Disneyland reopened to the public after shutting down due to a surge in COVID-19 infections. (AP PhotoKin Cheung)

Christians wearing face masks attend an Easter service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 17, 2022. The church allowed 70 percent members of the capacity to attend the Easter service as a part of the measures to prevent against the coronavirus. (AP PhotoLee Jin-man)

Students and youth attend a dancing party in celebration of the 110th birth anniversary of its late founder Kim Il Sung at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP PhotoCha Song Ho)

Two Kashmiri women cry after their house was damaged in a gun-battle between government forces and suspected rebels in Malwah village, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, April 21, 2022. According to officials two suspected rebels were killed and four soldiers and a policeman injured during the ongoing gun-battle. (AP PhotoMukhtar Khan)

People perform Friday prayer at Tanah Abang market during Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 15, 2022. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim)