AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Peoples take picture of Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium during light & show performance ahead of the 19th Asian Games along riverside in Hangzhou, China, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The Asian Games are set to go in China. It’s the biggest multi-sport international event in the country since pandemic restrictions were lifted there about nine months ago. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Drummers perform during the torch relay for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The Asian Games are set to go in China. It’s the biggest multi-sport international event in the country since pandemic restrictions were lifted there about nine months ago. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A dancer demonstrates at the OptiTrack booth with its motion tracking device on the first day mainly for the media and businesses during the Game Show at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. The annual video game trade fair runs until Sunday. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers locally known as “Khawaja-e-Digar” outside the shrine of Naqashband Sahib during an annual festival in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A man prepares to immerse in an artificial pond, an idol of elephant headed Hindu god Ganesha on the second day of ten days long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

A teacher shouts slogans during a rally to demand the better protection of their rights near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Following the suicide of an elementary school teacher in July, teachers across South Korea have been pushing for improved systems to protect teachers from widespread malicious complaints from parents. The sign reads “Grant teachers immunity from child emotional abuse claims” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean Marine’s amphibious vehicles take part in a 73rd Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration ceremony in the sea off Incheon, South Korea Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The ceremony marked the 73rd anniversary of the daring Incheon Landing which was led by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur and led two weeks later to the recapture of Seoul from North Korean invaders during the Korean War. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP)

Climate activists gather to participate in Climate Justice March demanding an end to fossil fuels in Lalitpur, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Protesters hold slogans as they join the global march to end fossil fuel on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Quezon city, Philippines. Tens of thousands of climate activists around the world are set to march, chant and protest Friday to call for an end to the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels as the globe continues to suffer dramatic weather extremes and topple heat records. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Yaad Ali, 55, left, and his son Musikur Alam, 14, row a boat to collect drinking water in the floodwaters in Sandahkhaiti, a floating island village in the Brahmaputra River in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Dengue patients receive treatment at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Bangladesh is struggling with a record outbreak of dengue fever, with experts saying a lack of a coordinated response is causing more deaths from the mosquito-transmitted disease. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)