May 24-30, 2024
A Japanese town that erected a huge black mesh net last week to stop tourists from snapping photos of Mount Fuji discovered holes in the screen. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang for the first trilateral meeting in four years. Lopburi, in central Thailand, began efforts to control its monkey population, luring them into cages with fresh fruit, before finding them new homes.
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in the Asia-Pacific region made or published by the Associated Press in the past week.
This selection was curated by AP photo editor Masayo Yoshida in Tokyo.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a joint news conference in Seoul, South Korea Monday, May 27, 2024. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
A worker chases monkeys away from a customer in front of an auto-part shop in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Supporters for both ruling and opposition parties demonstrate at the legislative chamber building in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Vehicles move through a waterlogged street in Kolkata, India, as rain continues after cyclone Remal made a landfall near Bangladesh-India border, Monday, May 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Commuters travel in a crowded bus in Kolkata, India, as rain continues after cyclone Remal made a landfall near Bangladesh-India border, Monday, May 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A man salvages a cart and other material as water flows on to the Kuakata beach on the coast of Bay of Bengal caused by the advancing Cyclone Remal in Barisal, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdul Goni)
Cranes at a construction site in the Central Business District are reflected on a window panels of an office building in Beijing, Sunday, May 26, 2024. The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for China’s economy, while warning that consumer-friendly reforms are needed to sustain strong, high-quality growth. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Shreyas Iyer , left, with teammate Venkatesh Iyer celebrate after wining against Sunrisers Hyderabad during the Indian Premier League cricket final match in Chennai, India, Sunday, May 26, 2024.(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Workers take refuge beneath a parked truck from the scorching heat, in Guwahati, India, Saturday, May 25, 2024. Most parts of the north India are sweltering under scorching temperatures with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Members of The Korea Medical Association stage a rally calling for the government to scrap the medical reform plan in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 30, 2024. A South Korean court ruled in favor of the government’s contentious push to drastically boost medical school admissions on May 16, posing a setback to concerted efforts by incumbent doctors to spike the plan. The banners read “Broken medical policy.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A firefighter moves among burnt debris the day after a fire broke out in an amusement park in Rajkot, India, Sunday, May 26, 2024. A massive fire damaged a large part of the park on Saturday, killing more than twenty people and injuring some others, news reports said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Honor guard members line up before a welcome ceremony for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (Tingshu Wang, Pool Photo via AP)
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