AP Week in Pictures: Asia

The Associated Press

December 21, 2023 at 9:31 p.m.·1 min read

A Filipino sells balloons outside the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo, Philippines on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. Many Filipinos attended the first of nine consecutive dawn Masses before Christmas as part of traditional Filipino practice in this largely Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Women walk along the river Brahmaputra during twilight hour in Guwahati, India, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

An eagle flies past an Indian emblem placed on the top of the Telangana State Secretariat building against the setting sun, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. The emblem features four Asiatic lions standing back to back, symbolizing power, courage, confidence and faith. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Ma Lianqiang hugs his daughter as they grieve the death of his wife and her mother who were killed by the earthquake in Yangwa village near Dahejia town in northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing many in the nation's deadliest quake in nine years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Ten years old Ma Yuanke, in red, griefs as the body of his mother Han Suofeiya who was killed in an earthquake is taken to the cemetery for burial in Yangwa village near Dahejia town in northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Activist Alexandra Wong holding a British flag shouts behind a police line set up outside West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, where activist publisher Jimmy Lai's trial is scheduled to open, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. (AP Photo/Vernon Yuen)

A woman plays snow fight with a child on a snow covered compound near a residential building in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. Days of snowfall is followed by bitter cold. Temperatures plunged across northern China, with a cold front moving eastward from Xinjiang in the west and reaching Beijing by the weekend. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Pro-Palestinian protesters shout slogans during a rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Philippines' troops stand at attention during the 88th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon city, Philippines on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Indian Air Force's aerobatic team Suryakiran perform during the graduation ceremony of new cadets on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. A total of 213 cadets were commissioned as officers in flying and ground duty branches on completion of their training Sunday . (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, center, reacts to Japanese high school dancers at the gala dinner for the 50th anniversary event between ASEAN and Japan in Tokyo, Sunday Dec. 17, 2023. ASEAN and Japan celebrate its 50th anniversary of their friendship and cooperation in Tokyo through Dec. 18. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP)

Dec. 15-21, 2023

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in Asia made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

Ten-year-old Ma Yuanke grieves his mother, Han Suofeiya, who was killed in an earthquake, as her body is taken to the cemetery for burial in Yangwa village in northwestern China’s Gansu province. Activist Alexandra Wong, holding a British flag, shouts behind a police line set up outside West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, as activist publisher Jimmy Lai's trial opens in Hong Kong. And a Filipino sells balloons outside the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Philippines.

The selection was curated by AP photo editor Masayo Yoshida in Tokyo.

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