1of15Lightning illuminates the sky over the Olympic rings and the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo, Sunday, July 11, 2021. The opening ceremony of the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in less than two weeks. (Kyodo News via AP)APShow MoreShow Less2of15A person on his bicycle wearing a protective mask passes by an electronic display that reads: "10 days until Tokyo 2020 Olympics" Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Tokyo.Kiichiro Sato/APShow MoreShow Less3of154of15A clown from a group called "Aku Badut Indonesia" or "I am an Indonesian Clown" looks on during an awareness campaign calling for people to always wear their masks to help curb the spread of coronavirus, at a busy intersection in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 12, 2021. The world's fourth most populous country is battling an explosion of COVID-19 cases that have strained hospitals on the main island of Java.Dita Alangkara/APShow MoreShow Less5of15Smoke rises from the debris of a house destroyed in a gunfight in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Three suspected rebels were killed in a gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said, as violence in the disputed region increased in recent weeks. Two residential houses were also destroyed.Dar Yasin/APShow MoreShow Less6of157of15Sri Lankan children sits on tree branches as they access their online lessons from a forest reserve in their village in Bibila, Sri Lanka, July 2, 2021. Climbing rocks and sitting on tree tops is not part of their curriculum but children in villages surrounding the capital city are doing just that to be able to catch mobile signals to access their online classes. The digital divide fueled by uneven internet access and high data cost has forced many students out of the formal education system in Sri Lanka.Eranga Jayawardena/APShow MoreShow Less8of15A man holds an umbrella as it rains on the beach by the Bay of Bengal coast in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Thursday, July 15, 2021.Mahesh Kumar A/APShow MoreShow Less9of1510of15Chinese officials and journalists view the National Cross-Country Skiing Center, right, and National Biathlon Centre, left, from a platform of the National Ski Jumping Centre, one of the venues for Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, during a media tour in Zhangjiakou in northwestern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, July 14, 2021.Andy Wong/APShow MoreShow Less11of15A nurse administers a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly woman in her house in rural Sabab Bernam, central Selangor state, Malaysia, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Medical teams are going house to house in rural villages to reach out to elderly citizens as the government seeks to ramp up its vaccination program. Despite a strict lockdown, the pandemic has worsened with more than 844,000 confirmed cases nationwide and over 6,200 deaths.Vincent Thian/APShow MoreShow Less12of1513of15People walk by a 3D video advertisement display of a giant cat that was recently installed in the famed Shinjuku shopping district in Tokyo on Friday, July 9, 2021.Hiro Komae/APShow MoreShow Less14of15A firefighter communicates with his colleagues on a walkie talkie inside the burnt food and beverage factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 9, 2021. At least 52 people died in a huge blaze that engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh's capital, fire officials said Friday, in the latest industrial disaster to hit the South Asian nation.Mahmud Hossain Opu/APShow MoreShow Less15of15
July 9-15, 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.
