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AP Week in Pictures: Asia

March 18, 2021Updated: March 18, 2021 11:40 p.m.

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A worker wearing a protective suit disinfects a village as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus in Manila, Philippines, Monday, March 15, 2021. The Department of Health has been reporting a surge in infections for more than a week, adding to concerns over a sluggish start of a vaccination campaign that has faced supply problems and public reluctance. — 1of14A worker wearing a protective suit disinfects a village as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus in Manila, Philippines, Monday, March 15, 2021. The Department of Health has been reporting a surge in infections for more than a week, adding to concerns over a sluggish start of a vaccination campaign that has faced supply problems and public reluctance.Aaron Favila/AP

Cars are driven along an expressway amid a sandstorm during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Monday, March 15, 2021. The sandstorm brought a tinted haze to Beijing's skies and sent air quality indices soaring on Monday. — 2of14Cars are driven along an expressway amid a sandstorm during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Monday, March 15, 2021. The sandstorm brought a tinted haze to Beijing's skies and sent air quality indices soaring on Monday.Mark Schiefelbein/AP

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Armed riot policemen charge after firing teargas and rubber bullets as anti-coup protesters abandon their makeshift barricades and run in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. — 4of14Armed riot policemen charge after firing teargas and rubber bullets as anti-coup protesters abandon their makeshift barricades and run in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 16, 2021.STR/AP

Residents flash the lights from their mobile phones during an anti-coup rally held despite an overnight curfew at the Myaynigone area of Sanchaung township in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, March 15, 2021. Myanmar's ruling junta has declared martial law in a wide area of the country's largest city Yangon, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month's military coup. — 5of14Residents flash the lights from their mobile phones during an anti-coup rally held despite an overnight curfew at the Myaynigone area of Sanchaung township in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, March 15, 2021. Myanmar's ruling junta has declared martial law in a wide area of the country's largest city Yangon, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month's military coup.NZHPHOTO/AP

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Mother of Khant Ngar Hein weeps during his funeral in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Khant Ngar Hein, a 18-year old student of medicine was shot on his chest on Sunday, March 14, in Tamwe, Yangon, by security forces during an anti-crop protest. — 7of14Mother of Khant Ngar Hein weeps during his funeral in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Khant Ngar Hein, a 18-year old student of medicine was shot on his chest on Sunday, March 14, in Tamwe, Yangon, by security forces during an anti-crop protest.AP

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 at a market place in Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 18, 2021. — 8of14A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 at a market place in Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 18, 2021.Rajanish Kakade/AP

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Kashmiri Muslim women pray as the head priest displays a relic at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark the ascension of Prophet Muhammad to heaven, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 12, 2021. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims gathered at the Hazratbal shrine, which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. — 10of14Kashmiri Muslim women pray as the head priest displays a relic at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark the ascension of Prophet Muhammad to heaven, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 12, 2021. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims gathered at the Hazratbal shrine, which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Islam's Prophet Muhammad.Dar Yasin/AP

Members of National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student body of the Congress party, scuffle with Indian paramilitary soldiers as they protest against rising unemployment in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 12, 2021. — 11of14Members of National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student body of the Congress party, scuffle with Indian paramilitary soldiers as they protest against rising unemployment in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 12, 2021.Altaf Qadri/AP

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England's Jonny Bairstow bats during the third Twenty20 cricket match between India and England at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. — 13of14England's Jonny Bairstow bats during the third Twenty20 cricket match between India and England at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, March 16, 2021.Aijaz Rahi/AP

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MARCH 12-18, 2021

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