AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers outside a Mosque on the banks of a river on the first day of fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. 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 PhotoMukhtar Khan)

Footwear are left outside as people perform perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' during the first evening of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 12, 2021. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Muslims offer prayers and break fast on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama Mosque, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 situation only a handful of people turned up. 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 PhotoManish Swarup)

A Naga Sadhu or Naked Hindu holy man rubes ash as he prepares to take holy dips in the river Ganges during Shahi snan or a Royal bath during Kumbh mela, in Haridwar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Monday, April 12, 2021. As states across India are declaring some version of a lockdown to battle rising Covid cases as part of a nationwide second-wave, thousands of pilgrims are gathering on the banks of the river Ganga for the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela. The faithful believe that a dip in the waters of the Ganga will absolve them of their sins and deliver them from the cycle of birth and death. (AP PhotoKarma Sonam)

Olympic fan Kyoko Ishikawa shows her cheering at her home Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Tokyo. Ishikawa, president of an IT company, has attended every Summer Olympics since Barcelona in 1992, becoming famous as an unofficial "International Olympic Cheerleader." She relishes joining in with fans from everywhere to cheer for their athletes. Her headband reads: "Confident victory." (AP PhotoEugene Hoshiko)

A surfer is enveloped by a wave as he waits to jump off the rocks at Bronte Beach as large waves hit the Sydney coastline Monday, April 12, 2021. (AP PhotoMark Baker)

People watch devotees pulling a chariot in Biska Jatra Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Saturday, April 10, 2021. During this festival, also regarded as Nepalese New Year, images of Hindu god Bhairava and his female counterpart Bhadrakali are enshrined in two large chariots and pulled to an open square after which rituals and festivities are performed.(AP PhotoNiranjan Shrestha)

People enjoy outdoor dining at plastic bubbles, observing social distancing against the spread of the coronavirus at a restaurant near the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP PhotoAhn Young-joon)

An Indian woman waits for the result of her COVID-19 test at a hospital in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 12, 2021. With its explosive surge in recent days, India's confirmed infections surpassed Brazil's total Monday as the second-worst hit country. (AP PhotoMahesh Kumar A.)

A man poses with a display of Olympic Symbol after unveiling ceremony of the symbol on Mt. Takao in Hachioji, west of Tokyo, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, to mark 100 days before the start of the Olympic Games. (Kim Kyung-HoonPool Photo via AP)

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)