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Dec. 17, 2020Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 7:37 p.m.

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A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks on a street during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. — 1of8A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks on a street during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.Andy Wong/AP

A man wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus is silhouetted as he walks past a construction site in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. — 2of8A man wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus is silhouetted as he walks past a construction site in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.Lee Jin-man/AP

Protesting farmer leaders shout slogans as they sit on a day long hunger strike at the Delhi- Haryana border, outskirts of New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have called for a national strike on Monday, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform that they say will drive down crop prices and devastate their earnings. — 3of8Protesting farmer leaders shout slogans as they sit on a day long hunger strike at the Delhi- Haryana border, outskirts of New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have called for a national strike on Monday, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform that they say will drive down crop prices and devastate their earnings.Manish Swarup/AP

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, recovery crew members check on the capsule of the Chang'e 5 probe after its successful landed in Siziwang district, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. (Ren Junchuan/Xinhua via AP) — 4of8In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, recovery crew members check on the capsule of the Chang'e 5 probe after its successful landed in Siziwang district, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. (Ren Junchuan/Xinhua via AP)Ren Junchuan/AP

Police officers escort suspected militant Zulkarnaen, center, who is also known as Aris Sumarsono, upon arrival at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Indonesian authorities have transferred suspected militants arrested in recent weeks to the country's capital, including Zulkarnaen, a bomb maker and the architect of a series of deadly attacks and sectarian conflicts in the world's largest Muslim majority nation. — 5of8Police officers escort suspected militant Zulkarnaen, center, who is also known as Aris Sumarsono, upon arrival at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Indonesian authorities have transferred suspected militants arrested in recent weeks to the country's capital, including Zulkarnaen, a bomb maker and the architect of a series of deadly attacks and sectarian conflicts in the world's largest Muslim majority nation.Achmad Ibrahim/AP

A park is taped off for the social distancing measures and a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. — 6of8A park is taped off for the social distancing measures and a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.Lee Jin-man/AP

This photo provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), shows soil samples, seen inside a container of the re-entry capsule brought back by Hayabusa2, in Sagamihara, near Tokyo,Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Officials from Japan's space agency said Tuesday they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back from a distant asteroid this month, a sample-return mission they praised as a milestone for planetary research.(JAXA via AP) — 7of8This photo provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), shows soil samples, seen inside a container of the re-entry capsule brought back by Hayabusa2, in Sagamihara, near Tokyo,Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Officials from Japan's space agency said Tuesday they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back from a distant asteroid this month, a sample-return mission they praised as a milestone for planetary research.(JAXA via AP)AP

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, cross a street in Hong Kong, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. — 8of8People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, cross a street in Hong Kong, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020.Kin Cheung/AP

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This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and Pacific.

The gallery was curated by AP photo editor Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.

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