Monday, 3 August 2015

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Asia

In this July 31, 2015 file photo, a woman lights candles in celebration at Dashiarchhara, in Kurigram enclaves, Bangladesh. At the stroke of midnight Friday, tens of thousands of stateless people who were stranded for decades along the poorly defined border between India and Bangladesh will finally get to choose their citizenship, as the two countries swapped more than 150 pockets of land to settle the demarcation line dividing them.
In this July 31, 2015 file photo, a woman lights candles in celebration at Dashiarchhara, in Kurigram enclaves, Bangladesh. At the stroke of midnight Friday, tens of thousands of stateless people who were stranded for decades along the poorly defined border between India and Bangladesh will finally get to choose their citizenship, as the two countries swapped more than 150 pockets of land to settle the demarcation line dividing them.  

In this July 31, 2015 file photo, members of the delegation from Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics candidate city react after the city was elected to host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games at IOC meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In this July 31, 2015 file photo, members of the delegation from Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics candidate city react after the city was elected to host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games at IOC meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.    
In this July 31, 2015 file photo, participants dance under threatening skies at a gathering to watch the announcement of the 2022 Winter Olympics host city outside the Beijing Olympic Stadium, also known as the Birds Nest, in Beijing. Beijing was selected Friday to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games.
In this July 31, 2015 file photo, participants dance under threatening skies at a gathering to watch the announcement of the 2022 Winter Olympics host city outside the Beijing Olympic Stadium, also known as the Birds Nest, in Beijing. Beijing was selected Friday to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games.  
In this July 31, 2015 file photo, Muslim men pray alongside Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unseen, during a Friday prayer at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Erdogan is on a three-day visit to the country.
In this July 31, 2015 file photo, Muslim men pray alongside Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unseen, during a Friday prayer at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Erdogan is on a three-day visit to the country.  
In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a caregiver of an elderly patient holds a plastic chair over their heads as they participate in a metropolitan Manila-wide earthquake drill designed to boost preparedness in the country at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Filipinos poured out of buildings and shopping malls in a massive drill across Manila on July 30 to brace for an earthquake that experts fear could kill tens of thousands and displace millions.
In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a caregiver of an elderly patient holds a plastic chair over their heads as they participate in a metropolitan Manila-wide earthquake drill designed to boost preparedness in the country at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Filipinos poured out of buildings and shopping malls in a massive drill across Manila on July 30 to brace for an earthquake that experts fear could kill tens of thousands and displace millions.    
In this July 29, 2015 file photo, a diver performs with fish as part of summer events at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea. The aquarium features 40,000 sea creatures from over 600 different species.
In this July 29, 2015 file photo, a diver performs with fish as part of summer events at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea. The aquarium features 40,000 sea creatures from over 600 different species.  
In this July 29, 2015 file photo, girls share an umbrella as they walk down a street in Pyongyang, North Korea. The rainy season in North Korea usually lasts through the month of July.
In this July 29, 2015 file photo, girls share an umbrella as they walk down a street in Pyongyang, North Korea. The rainy season in North Korea usually lasts through the month of July.  
In this July 29, 2015 file photo, a Kashmiri man rides on his bicycle as he returns home after a day long work as sun sets behind chinar trees in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley surrounded by snowy mountain ranges with over 100 lakes dotting its highlands and plains.
In this July 29, 2015 file photo, a Kashmiri man rides on his bicycle as he returns home after a day long work as sun sets behind chinar trees in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley surrounded by snowy mountain ranges with over 100 lakes dotting its highlands and plains.    
In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a fireman talks on his walkie talkie as he and his team battle peatland fire on a field in Pemulutan, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Government negligence, rampant development and illegal land clearing, often combined, spark wildfires in Indonesia that annually ravage thousands of acres of forest and could cover parts of neighboring Malaysia and Singapore in a thick noxious haze.
In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a fireman talks on his walkie talkie as he and his team battle peatland fire on a field in Pemulutan, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Government negligence, rampant development and illegal land clearing, often combined, spark wildfires in Indonesia that annually ravage thousands of acres of forest and could cover parts of neighboring Malaysia and Singapore in a thick noxious haze.  
In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a Hindu holy man gets into a boat after the hut where he lives was surrounded by flood waters of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. The Ganges, one of India’s largest rivers is flooded following monsoon rains.
In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a Hindu holy man gets into a boat after the hut where he lives was surrounded by flood waters of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. The Ganges, one of India’s largest rivers is flooded following monsoon rains.     
In this July 28, 2015 file photo, visitors walk by light decorations at a tunnel near the Cheonggye stream in Seoul, South Korea.
In this July 28, 2015 file photo, visitors walk by light decorations at a tunnel near the Cheonggye stream in Seoul, South Korea.
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