Asia in ReviewCourtney DittmarMay 03, 2021Comment

Asia in review

Asia in ReviewCourtney DittmarMay 03, 2021Comment

This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Asia during the month of April.

Footwear are left outside as Muslims perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' during the first evening of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People wait to get their vital signs checked before receiving the COVID- 19 vaccine at a government hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A Naga Sadhu or Naked Hindu holy man rubes ash as he prepares to take holy dips in the river Ganges during Shahi snan or a Royal bath during Kumbh mela, in Haridwar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Monday, April 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Karma Sonam)

The moon rises over the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

A woman walks barefoot towards a burning shanties at a slum area in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Women dance near the Arch of Triumph on the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of late leader Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

A surfer is enveloped by a wave as he waits to jump off the rocks at Bronte Beach as large waves hit the Sydney coastline Monday, April 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

A boy wearing a face mask looks through the window of a train at a railway station in Gauhati, India, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Sun sets over the river of basin of the Ganges , one of India's holiest rivers with falling levels of water in its lower reaches on the world Earth Day in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A man in a protective suit digs a grave to bury the body of a person who died of COVID-19 in Gauhati, India, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A woman gets her swab sample taken to test for COVID-19 at a government hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A Christian reenacts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in Hyderabad, India, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A COVID-19 patient receives oxygen inside a car provided by a Gurdwara, a Sikh house of worship, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practice social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus at Agung Al Barkah mosque in Bekasi, Indonesia, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim)

A Nepalese fruit vendor uses his cell phone as shutters of shops are seen closed during the first day of lockdown in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Chinese skaters compete in the men's 1000 meters short track speed skating race during a test event for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Nepalese army personnel in PPE suits salute to pay tribute to the COVID-19 victims before cremating their bodies at a crematorium in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A COVID-19 patient looks out from their isolation tent outside a hospital as cases increase in Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Hindu devotees wearing face masks as a precaution against coronavirus worship at a temple during 'Ram Navami' festival in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A man wearing a face mask attaches the name tag of a worshipper in preparation for the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 19 at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A government worker wearing a protective suit disinfects the shoes of his colleague outside a COVID-19 testing site to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Quezon city, Philippines on Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A man runs to escape heat emitting from the multiple funeral pyres of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Amit Sharma)