1of15A beam of sunlight is cast on people wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk through the Galaxy Soho commercial office building in Beijing, Monday, May 10, 2021.Andy Wong/APShow MoreShow Less2of15In this photo released by Nantou County Government, a boat is stranded on a dried lakebed in Sun Moon Lake in Nantou county in central Taiwan on April 23, 2021. Some households in Taiwan are going without running water two days a week after a months-long drought dried up the island's reservoirs and a popular tourist lake. (Nantou County Government via AP)APShow MoreShow Less3of154of15Motorists queue up to cross Suramadu Bridge connecting Java and Madura Island, as they head to their home villages to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. The mass exodus out of major cities in the world's most populous Muslim country is underway despite travel prohibition imposed by the government ahead of the holiday to prevent spikes in COVID-19 cases.Trisnadi/APShow MoreShow Less5of15A family member carries an urn containing ashes from the remains of a COVID-19 victim at an open crematorium on the outskirts of Bengaluru, Karnataka state, India, Wednesday, May 12, 2021.Aijaz Rahi/APShow MoreShow Less6of157of15A Bangladeshi woman mourns the death of her husband who died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 7, 2021. India's surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh. Health experts warn of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up its vaccination drive, and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected.Mahmud Hossain Opu/APShow MoreShow Less8of15Nepalese army personnel in PPE suits salute to pay tribute to COVID-19 victims before cremating their bodies near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 7, 2021. Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.Niranjan Shrestha/APShow MoreShow Less9of1510of15Japanese Junta Kosuda competes in the men's long jump during an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games at National Stadium in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 11, 2021.Shuji Kajiyama/APShow MoreShow Less11of15A child reacts to eating chili in Shule county in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Xinjiang in far western China had the sharpest known decline in birthrates between 2017 and 2019 of any territory in recent history, according to a new analysis by an Australian think tank.Ng Han Guan/APShow MoreShow Less12of1513of15Indians wait to refill oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients at a gas supplier facility in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Infections have swelled in India since February in a disastrous turn blamed on more contagious variants as well as government decisions to allow massive crowds to gather for religious festivals and political rallies.Ishant Chauhan/APShow MoreShow Less14of15Police guards as people who are against the Tokyo 2020 Olympics set to open in July, march around Tokyo's National Stadium during an anti-Olympics demonstration Sunday, May 9, 2021.Eugene Hoshiko/APShow MoreShow Less15of15
May 7-13, 2021
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 Masayo Yoshida in Tokyo.
