AP Week in Pictures: Asia

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Aug. 25-31, 2023

The supermoon rises near the equestrian statue of Damdin Sukhbaatar on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and over a headstone at a cemetery in Sydney, Australia. Members of Malaysian school-based government youth organization KRS hold their national flags during the National Day parade in Putrajaya, Malaysia and thousands of South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the stop of the Japan´s release of treated radioactive water into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

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

The selections were curated by AP photo editor Masayo Yoshida in Tokyo.

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The supermoon rises near the equestrian statue of Damdin Sukhbaatar on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 sees the month's second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

The supermoon rises near the equestrian statue of Damdin Sukhbaatar on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 sees the month's second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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A supermoon rises over a headstone at a cemetery in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose with the second full moon of the month, also known as a blue moon. A little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

A supermoon rises over a headstone at a cemetery in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose with the second full moon of the month, also known as a blue moon. A little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Members of Malaysian school-based government youth organization KRS hold their national flags during the National Day parade in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urged Malaysians to unite and reject racial and religious bigotry, as the country marked its 66th year of freedom from British rule on Thursday with fireworks and a street parade. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Members of Malaysian school-based government youth organization KRS hold their national flags during the National Day parade in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urged Malaysians to unite and reject racial and religious bigotry, as the country marked its 66th year of freedom from British rule on Thursday with fireworks and a street parade. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on last Thursday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on last Thursday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Thousands of South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the stop of the Japan's release of treated radioactive water into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, denounce the South Korean government's policy in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Thousands of South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the stop of the Japan's release of treated radioactive water into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, denounce the South Korean government's policy in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Ethnic Chinese people throw imitation money known as 'hell money' to be burned as offerings, during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when prayers are offered to the dead and offerings of food and paper-made models of items such as televisions and cars are burned to appease wandering spirits as it is believed that the gates of hell are opened during the month and the souls of dead ancestors return to visit their relatives. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Ethnic Chinese people throw imitation money known as 'hell money' to be burned as offerings, during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when prayers are offered to the dead and offerings of food and paper-made models of items such as televisions and cars are burned to appease wandering spirits as it is believed that the gates of hell are opened during the month and the souls of dead ancestors return to visit their relatives. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Ethnic Chinese throw paper offerings during burning of a giant paper statue of the Chinese deity "Da Shi Ye" or "Guardian God of Ghosts" during the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, late Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. The Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when prayers are offered to the dead and offerings of food and paper-made models of items such as televisions, refrigerators and sport cars are burnt to appease the wandering spirits. It is believed that the gates of hell are opened during the month and the dead ancestors return to visit their relatives. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Ethnic Chinese throw paper offerings during burning of a giant paper statue of the Chinese deity "Da Shi Ye" or "Guardian God of Ghosts" during the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, late Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. The Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when prayers are offered to the dead and offerings of food and paper-made models of items such as televisions, refrigerators and sport cars are burnt to appease the wandering spirits. It is believed that the gates of hell are opened during the month and the dead ancestors return to visit their relatives. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A supermoon rises over Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose with the second full moon of the month, also known as a blue moon. A little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A supermoon rises over Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose with the second full moon of the month, also known as a blue moon. A little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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