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This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Asia during the month of September.
![Police detain a man after fights broke out between pro-China supporters and anti-government protesters outside the Amoy Plaza in the Kowloon Bay district in Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842688446-9187XSZJZ0JO0CIJ5NRM/002d0d537d864b0382a5d64d4efe4a91.jpg)
Police detain a man after fights broke out between pro-China supporters and anti-government protesters outside the Amoy Plaza in the Kowloon Bay district in Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
![The Keikyu express train sits derailed after its collision with a truck in Yokohama, south of Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842690815-3FOBSHTZ0LI4E3XX88IK/a2a7949b04264dd48c0c2cc4f52e7e5b.jpg)
The Keikyu express train sits derailed after its collision with a truck in Yokohama, south of Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
![Vladimir Ivlev, of Russia, dunks the ball during the group B game against South Korea in the FIBA Basketball World Cup, at the Sport Center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842690269-8YP7M9WXOIP73OKNTDVQ/664fc62830e946b38cef1f9bebb46af6.jpg)
Vladimir Ivlev, of Russia, dunks the ball during the group B game against South Korea in the FIBA Basketball World Cup, at the Sport Center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
![A man watches a television message of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam making an announcement on the extradition bill, at a home electronics retailer in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842689170-TNNOCZNE9LCCDX8S9W6D/6f503e4a5e524da19bbebecfa90d191d.jpg)
A man watches a television message of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam making an announcement on the extradition bill, at a home electronics retailer in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
![Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa plays against China's Chen Meng during their women's team table tennis final match at the ITTF-ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships at Amongrogo stadium in Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Ph](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842692070-FE0E7KJRBYYRPVCR5UL2/d69764bdf10e4282af9c746f5857018a.jpg)
Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa plays against China's Chen Meng during their women's team table tennis final match at the ITTF-ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships at Amongrogo stadium in Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Kalandra)
![A woman looks at Chiharu Shiota's art installation titled "Uncertain Journey" at the Mori Art Museum, in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842691744-1FQT8CEHUP08ODAB7FR0/c93dc99cc4dc4680a0be7c9eb0065d3e.jpg)
A woman looks at Chiharu Shiota's art installation titled "Uncertain Journey" at the Mori Art Museum, in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
![Commuters make their way along an expressway during rush hour in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842690531-7SFAPAJ6TQRUPS350IHF/652603cede174c0d84d95edc21de4aa8.jpg)
Commuters make their way along an expressway during rush hour in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
![Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chained knives during an Ashoura procession in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842690349-6D8RHFQQ1SG8CZOLGTD4/60806e3a7fb340dd890781dc051ef040.jpg)
Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chained knives during an Ashoura procession in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Japanese honor guard members prepare for an inspection by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Defense Minister Taro Kono ahead of the Japan Self-Defense Forces senior officers' gathering at Defense Ministry in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842691327-GQ0W8XRQ53N0OHGKFJZ7/bea4605abefb4b05ac9d7176e2bb9dcb.jpg)
Japanese honor guard members prepare for an inspection by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Defense Minister Taro Kono ahead of the Japan Self-Defense Forces senior officers' gathering at Defense Ministry in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
![A cosplayer, left, rests next to an attendee at the Tokyo Game Show Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, in Chiba, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842690436-NB2SXPMSODV7YKZBS4VU/093693a997d146b98779d4c2ad7fa733.jpg)
A cosplayer, left, rests next to an attendee at the Tokyo Game Show Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, in Chiba, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
![People walk on photos showing the recent protests with the words "The days the Hong Kong people have passed" at a pedestrian overhead bridge in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842689063-1MW3B5JT10OTJG0ZCIA3/4f9f913728e648eb93f3b3c1660ff211.jpg)
People walk on photos showing the recent protests with the words "The days the Hong Kong people have passed" at a pedestrian overhead bridge in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
![Performers hold up cards to form a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a mass games performance titled "The Land of the People" at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Koreai, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842692460-J1CU7HBC0B4MX3ICPEYD/f84daf67c78a40fd98b4c6cb7e3d2cab.jpg)
Performers hold up cards to form a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a mass games performance titled "The Land of the People" at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Koreai, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
![Riot police arrive after protestors vandalized an area in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842691730-7AGBR1HOT7FORXD0WA6N/c3092d795189429181191f65f547ce79.jpg)
Riot police arrive after protestors vandalized an area in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
![A young boy with his body painted and dressed as Mahatma Gandhi seek alms at a traffic intersection in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Sept.10, 2019. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842692102-ZC0M30GOML3ZV70IDN94/dd5f7018d4c9487b819c0e700265daaa.jpg)
A young boy with his body painted and dressed as Mahatma Gandhi seek alms at a traffic intersection in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Sept.10, 2019. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
![A tourist poses for photos in front of a popular mural by artist Alex Croft in the SoHo district of Hong Kong, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842690874-MJJMVKTU8BNIRT4Q04XI/adfb7bd35ec94e81bb74144bcb592de7.jpg)
A tourist poses for photos in front of a popular mural by artist Alex Croft in the SoHo district of Hong Kong, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
![Former living goddess Kumari, center, watches the Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842691160-60S2NJDBB1JX8BZWHU1G/b82dc3eb1a364f0c98f248bc9eb0406e.jpg)
Former living goddess Kumari, center, watches the Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
![Two commuters ride an escalator at a train station past police officers in riot gear deployed to arrest protesters in Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842689624-05VUOZ8C45G1DEGJA3C7/22d7d351a4ce4018acef8bf56e81744d.jpg)
Two commuters ride an escalator at a train station past police officers in riot gear deployed to arrest protesters in Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
![A man uses his mobile phone to take photos of a forest fire in Kampar, Riau province, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Rafka Majjid)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842691095-L26Q6C5EI2DSKZI6IR6N/b6ee3e3430aa4e2199d68db2f656249b.jpg)
A man uses his mobile phone to take photos of a forest fire in Kampar, Riau province, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Rafka Majjid)
![Kabuki performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup ahead of the Pool A game at Tokyo Stadium between Russia and Japan, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569852306596-4VN10P270SG29DJSUSTD/fc1412e263e24b33b9c7db85287c8e77-%281%29.jpg)
Kabuki performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup ahead of the Pool A game at Tokyo Stadium between Russia and Japan, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
![A Shiite Muslim child cries after he was given a cut on the forehead during an Ashoura procession in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842688132-WRLACJGICPYE21XT1UXO/1f005928de814095899bd06d3a58a450.jpg)
A Shiite Muslim child cries after he was given a cut on the forehead during an Ashoura procession in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
![Members of the South Korean Taekwondo demonstration team perform during a visit by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov at Kukkiwon, the headquarters and academy of World Taekwondo, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahn Y](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842688442-YXV6MJHAIU2U53A2B031/2e5fecb19fd440f5aa3e235d332dedf2.jpg)
Members of the South Korean Taekwondo demonstration team perform during a visit by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov at Kukkiwon, the headquarters and academy of World Taekwondo, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
![People navigate their way through a flooded street as it rains in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842688970-HA5Z7KV0SLC20F0YT7ML/3f98bf4ef9de459bbdc1a4a7c7d5832d.jpg)
People navigate their way through a flooded street as it rains in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
![A man walks with an umbrella past lanterns in the Nakano district of Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842689369-41U9HCVXCDB3XL9DBB0J/9def52e1b5394735b84606a2f1243fca.jpg)
A man walks with an umbrella past lanterns in the Nakano district of Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
![Student protesters hurl objects as they are sprayed by a police water cannon truck during a protest outside the parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842692318-80AWEVQJ7AR0VAP5TCS2/e740e0a20f8a4441bb76e62ff516569f.jpg)
Student protesters hurl objects as they are sprayed by a police water cannon truck during a protest outside the parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
![Students wave national flags during 62nd Independence Day celebrations in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842690066-O3BN8PX33CJ6G2TO0MFN/52d0f8f7efc34f87b02bb162acb6ebd2.jpg)
Students wave national flags during 62nd Independence Day celebrations in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
![An anti-government protester throws a Molotov cocktail during a demonstration near Central Government Complex in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842689992-I1OFUW39CC2IPTVO8LOX/97efe809e77541ae9e60417742b19841.jpg)
An anti-government protester throws a Molotov cocktail during a demonstration near Central Government Complex in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
![New Zealand's Mitchell Santner successfully takes a catch to dismiss Sri Lanka's Avishka Fernando during the second Twenty20 international cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Era](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842691921-Z1BQQCSB0OSNJWV20Y2I/c7620f1dedc84d969af70e95ed41d512.jpg)
New Zealand's Mitchell Santner successfully takes a catch to dismiss Sri Lanka's Avishka Fernando during the second Twenty20 international cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
![South Korea's Black Eagles acrobatic flight team performs during a media preview of Air Power Day at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (Hong Hae-in/Yonhap via AP)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1569842692654-PMCZQQ3TCWHWOKMYEB13/fcb80db7616b477dbc2f978235730572.jpg)
South Korea's Black Eagles acrobatic flight team performs during a media preview of Air Power Day at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (Hong Hae-in/Yonhap via AP)