Sep. 15, 2023 03:38 AM EST

Ap Week In Pictures: Asia

By The Associated Press
Kashmiri Muslim brides sit during a mass wedding event in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Sept 10, 2023. Mass weddings in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help the economically backward families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the customary dowry and expensive gifts that are still prevalent in many communities. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Mukhtar Khan, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kashmiri Muslim brides sit during a mass wedding event in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Sept 10, 2023. Mass weddings in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help the economically backward families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the customary dowry and expensive gifts that are still prevalent in many communities. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Men chat by the banks of the Jhelum river in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
A Hindu devotee gestures respectfully towards a clay idol of elephant headed Hindu god Ganesh as he transports the same in a passenger train for worship in Mumbai, India, India, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Devotees will conduct prayers during the 10-day-long Ganesh Chaturti festival, which will end with the immersion of the idols in different water bodies. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A worker clears water on a flooded street following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Rain pouring onto Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, halting transportation and forcing schools to close Friday. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
A Tibetan monk walks into the Sangpiling Monastery in Xiangcheng county, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Sept. 8-14, 2023

Leaders of the Group of 20 countries met in India. A fire burns on Sumatra Island in Indonesia. Rain causes flooding in Hong Kong. Devotees travel for the Ganesh Chaturti festival in India. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets President Vladimir Putin on a trip to Russia.

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

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

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