Relaxed COVID rules, deadly crowd crushes mark year in Asia
Relaxed COVID rules, deadly crowd crushes mark year in Asia
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People throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Rajapaska’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Rajapaska’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Family members and relatives mourn near the dead body of Rafia Nazir during her funeral in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, March 7, 2022. A few civilians were killed and nearly two dozen were injured when a grenade was thrown in the middle of the crowd at a busy market in Srinagar.(AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
A row of coffins containing victims in the day care center attack sit atop funeral pyres at Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. The deadliest mass killing in the country left more than 30 dead when a fired police officer stormed a rural day care center and massacred mostly preschoolers. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A Sri Lankan man shouts anti government slogans during a protest outside Sri Lankan president’s private residence on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Gotabaya Rajapaska’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Family members and relatives mourn near the dead body of Rafia Nazir during her funeral in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaks to media at the Prime Minister’s official residence Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan was shocked by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally on July 8. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Nepalese police baton charge a protester opposing a proposed U.S. half billion dollars grant for Nepal outside the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Injuried people are helped at the street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. More than 150 young revelers were crushed to death when more than 100,000 people flocked to the city’s popular nightlife district for Halloween celebrations, the first since the country’s strict COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Nepalese policemen take cover as protesters opposing a proposed U.S. half billion dollars grant for Nepal hurls stone outside the parliament that debates the contentious aid in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shreshta)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.(AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
A row of coffins containing victims in the day care center attack sit atop funeral pyres at Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. Marines take their positions during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder”, on the beaches of Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tukta Wongsila grieves with her father Saart, holding her daughter Siriprapa “Plai Fon” Prasertsuk’s picture, one of the many victims of a mass killing attack in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaks to media at the Prime Minister’s official residence Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan was shocked by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally on July 8. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, front row second from right, talks to his predecessor as party leader Xi Jinping, right, as he is assisted to leave the hall during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A security guard in protective suit keeps watch at an entrance gate to a neighborhood in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The country’s pandemic approach unraveled when thousands took to the streets in major cities to protest the restrictions and call for leader Xi Jinping and the Communist Party to step down. The party responded with a massive show of force and an unknown number of people were arrested. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A man prays in front of a makeshift memorial at the scene where the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during an election campaign in Nara, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Residents walk past ruined homes damaged in Monday’s earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. In November, a shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s main Java island, killing more than 330 people and injuring nearly 600. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Akie Abe, widow of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, arrives with her husband’s remains at the state funeral Tuesday Sept. 27, 2022, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
Injuried people are helped at the street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. More than 150 young revelers were crushed to death when more than 100,000 people flocked to the city’s popular nightlife district for Halloween celebrations, the first since the country’s strict COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
People sit in a shallow pool of water in the riverbed of the Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The very landscape of Chongqing, a megacity that also takes in surrounding farmland and steep and picturesque mountains, has been transformed by an unusually long and intense heat wave and an accompanying drought. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A Buddhist monk prays for victims of a deadly accident during Saturday night’s Halloween festivities, at a makeshift flower-laying area set up near the scene of the accident in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A surfer rides a wave at One Mile Beach at Port Stephens, Australia, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Queen Pangke Tabora swims in her mermaid suit as she conducts a mermaiding class in front of the Ocean Camp in Mabini, Batangas province, Philippines on Sunday, May 22, 2022. For the transgender Filipina woman approaching middle age, seeing her legs encased in vibrant, scaly-looking neoprene three years ago was the realization of a childhood dream. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Flames rise from a train set on fire by protestors at Secundrabad railroad station in Hyderabad, India, Friday, June 17, 2022. Hundreds of angry youths gave vent to their ire by burning train coaches, vandalizing railroad property and blocking rail tracks and highways with boulders as a backlash continued for a second straight day Friday against a new short-term government recruitment scheme for the military.(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)
Visitors pose for a selfie in a sunflower field in Hokuto city, Yamanashi prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.(AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
Roof decorations on the corner tower at the Forbidden City depicting sacred beasts are silhouetted against a supermoon, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Kashmiri women cry as their house was damaged during a gunbattle in Malwah village, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, April. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
The military honor guard perform during the National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Photographers try to take a picture inside a building which houses the lawyer’s office of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic in Melbourne, Australia. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. The Australian government revoked tennis star Djokovic’s visa for a second time, just three days before the Australian Open begins.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Participants take part in the closing ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
U.S. Marines take their positions during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder”, on the beaches of Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Female dancers are seen during the opening of Bali Arts Festival in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, June 12, 2022.(AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
A U.S. 155mm Howitzer fires a round during annual combat drills between the Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps in Capas, Tarlac province, northern Philippines, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a virtual meeting at the B20 Summit ahead of the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks after his speech during the B20 Summit ahead of the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, gestures with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment meeting at the G20 summit, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated in honor of Queen Elizabeth II in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability in a turbulent era for her country and the world, died Thursday, Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
An Indian Rabha tribal Hindu priest runs barefoot over burning charcoal as part of rituals during Baikho festival at Gamerimura village along the Assam Meghalaya border, west of Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, is greeted by Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gala dinner, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during his arrival to the Quad leaders summit at the prime minister’s official residence, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. President Joe Biden, front left, and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, front right, review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony for President Biden, at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
A woman displays the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote, outside a polling booth during the first phase of Manipur state elections in Imphal, India, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.(AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Jim Finn holds his eight-month-old daughter Allegra as he casts his vote at a polling booth in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hugs his daughters Lily and Abbey at a Liberal Party function in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stands with his mother Imelda Marcos, left, and his wife Maria Louise Marcos, right, during the inauguration ceremony at National Museum Thursday, June 30, 2022 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A Naga Army soldier stands in prayer during celebrations marking the Nagas’ Declaration of Independence in Chedema, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022.(AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Hostesses prepare drinks at the Great Hall of the People before the opening ceremony for the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, front row second from right, talks to his predecessor as party leader Xi Jinping, right, as he is assisted to leave the hall during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A worker wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks across the platform at the 105-year-old Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan.19, 2022, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A woman wearing a face mask looks through a fogged-up window on a public bus during a rainy morning in the central business district in Beijing, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
People wearing face masks walk along an exercise path at a public park in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A woman gets her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A woman wearing a face mask opens the window which reflects lanterns displayed for upcoming Buddha’s birthday celebration slated for May 8, at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A security guard in protective suit keeps watch at an entrance gate to a neighborhood in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
In this photo made with a slow shutter speed, men ride on a bicycle through a waterlogged road after rains in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Residents walk past ruined homes damaged in Monday’s earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Boats stand parked on the Yamuna in Prayagraj, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. The river is considered sacred by Hindus. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A boy dives in a puddle of muddy water as he enjoys the rains in Mumbai, India, Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
People perform Yoga to mark International Day of Yoga infront of Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Yoga enthusiasts across the world Tuesday took part in mass yoga events to mark Yoga Day. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A person picks through trash for reusable items as a fire rages at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
A man walks his bicycle in the rain Monday, May 9, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
A boy searches for coins thrown by Hindu devotees in river Yamuna where water levels have reduced drastically following hot weather in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Children play at a crowded Juhu beach on the Arabian Sea coast on a hot and humid day in Mumbai, India, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A surfer rides a wave at One Mile Beach at Port Stephens, Australia, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Queen Pangke Tabora swims in her mermaid suit as she conducts a mermaiding class in front of the Ocean Camp in Mabini, Batangas province, Philippines on Sunday, May 22, 2022. For the transgender Filipina woman approaching middle age, seeing her legs encased in vibrant, scaly-looking neoprene three years ago was the realization of a childhood dream. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A Japanese white-eye, also known as Mejiro, perches on a cherry tree in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Visitors pose for a selfie in a sunflower field in Hokuto city, Yamanashi prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
A woman wearing a face mask stands over a stroller along a street lined with trees with leaves turning yellow in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A shrine maiden walks past the main shrine while a worker clears the steps as the snow comes down Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
A man runs as snow falls in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Rows of crosses sit at the mass grave site at the Holy Cross Memorial Garden for victims of super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, central Philippines on Sunday Oct. 23, 2022. About 40% of the population of Tacloban was relocated to safer areas after super Typhoon Haiyan wiped out most of the villages, killing thousands when it hit central Philippines in 2013. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Dwi Ulfani stands inside her flooded home in Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, July 30, 2022. When asking Ulfani what she wants to do after school??? stay in the village or move elsewhere??? she cries when responding in a whisper, “Move.” (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Residents give away onions and other foods along a flooded road due to Typhoon Noru in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, Philippines, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A woman searches for nails and other metal scraps from remains of burned houses that were gutted during a fire at a poor bayside village in the district of Tondo, Manila, Philippines on Friday, May 20, 2022. Investigators said about 300 families became homeless after the fire that happened Thursday night. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
People sit in a shallow pool of water in the riverbed of the Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The very landscape of Chongqing, a megacity that also takes in surrounding farmland and steep and picturesque mountains, has been transformed by an unusually long and intense heat wave and an accompanying drought. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A Gray heron flying in front of the moon in the early morning in Kapar on the outskirt of Selangor state, Malaysia, Saturday, March 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Roof decorations on the corner tower at the Forbidden City depicting sacred beasts are silhouetted against a supermoon, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People ride on a train during a lunar eclipse over the Tokyo sky on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Defending men’s champion Serbia’s Novak Djokovic practices on Margaret Court Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Djokovic was deported from Australia on Jan 16, after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Photographers try to take a picture inside a building which houses the lawyer’s office of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic in Melbourne, Australia. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. The Australian government revoked tennis star Djokovic’s visa for a second time, just three days before the Australian Open begins.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Ash Barty of Australia celebrates after defeating Danielle Collins of the U.S., in the women’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in Melbourne, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Residents film as snow falls near the illuminated Beijing Olympic Tower, at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China’s Shao Qi falls as she competes during the women’s aerials qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Jessie Diggins of the U.S., reacts after crossing the finish line during the women’s 30km mass start free cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
United States’ Shaun White gets emotional after the men’s halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
China’s Eileen Gu reacts as she competes during the women’s slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Participants take part in the closing ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Fireworks ignite during the closing ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
China’s Zhou Yetong, left, and Hu Mingyuan tries to block the ball during their preliminary match against Vietnam at Asian Volleyball Confederation Cup for Women at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Philippines, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne dives to catch the ball during the second one-day international cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Puerto Rico’s Arella Guirantes runs into Canada’s Bridget Carleton during their quarterfinal game at the women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Canada’s Kia Nurse, left, covers the face of United States’ Chelsea Gray during their semifinal game at the women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Spain’s Pedro Acosta of Red Bull KTM Ajo, top, crashes with Thailand’s Somkiat Chantra of Idemitsu Honda Team Asia during the Moto2 race for the Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix in Sepang International Circuit, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Xiong Ying in her Heaven Gaia collection during the China Fashion Week in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
An actor of the Awahan traveling theater group puts her make-up on before going on stage at Xetali village east of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Female dancers are seen during the opening of Bali Arts Festival in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, June 12, 2022.(AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
U.S. professional basketball player Dwight Howard invites everyone to take a photo during a signing ceremony with Taiwan Taoyuan Leopards in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Chiang ying-ying)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a virtual meeting at the B20 Summit ahead of the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, in a yellow ceremonial hat, watches a welcome dance performed by Tibetan artists, as he arrives at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Sheng Yi, a female panda, reacts inside the panda enclosure at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The third cub of Giant Panda couple Xing Xing and Liang Liang from China has been finally given a name - Sheng Yi, means peace and friendship. Sheng Yi turns one year old on May 31. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Gulfam Raza sits sideways on his fast moving Royal Enfield motorcycle in an enclosure known as Maut ka Kuan, or the well of death, at a local fair in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
A businessman wearing a face mask walks over shadows cast by a glass roof at a building in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
A slum colony is decorated with lanterns and lights during Diwali, the festival of lights in Mumbai, India, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A Hindu boy lights an oil lamp at the Banganga pond as they celebrate Dev Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Hindu women light oil lamps at the Banganga pond as they celebrate Dev Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian navy personnel perform during a rehearsal for Beating Retreat and Tattoo Ceremony held as part of Navy week celebrations in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Youth and students attend an evening gala with a firework display to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated in honor of Queen Elizabeth II in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
An artist dressed as the demon king Ravana, right, tries to put on an 8-headed crown before a performance on stage in a traditional Ramleela drama to celebrate the festival of Dussehra in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Ramleela is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Hindu lord Rama, that are staged during the festival of Navratri, according to the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is taken for immersion on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Women wearing traditional attire pose for photographs as they practice the Garba, the traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of Navratri in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
An Indian Rabha tribal Hindu priest runs barefoot over burning charcoal as part of rituals during Baikho festival at Gamerimura village along the Assam Meghalaya border, west of Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Momoka Muraoka of Japan, left, and Liu Sitong of China ski to the flower ceremony in the women’s giant slalom, sitting at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Friday, March 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Australian rider Jack Miller drinks champagne from his boot on the podium after winning the MotoGP race of Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
American celebrity socialite Paris Hilton attends an event with her fans in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 20. 2022. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
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People throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Rajapaska’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Rajapaska’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Rajapaska’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Rajapaska’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Family members and relatives mourn near the dead body of Rafia Nazir during her funeral in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, March 7, 2022. A few civilians were killed and nearly two dozen were injured when a grenade was thrown in the middle of the crowd at a busy market in Srinagar.(AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Family members and relatives mourn near the dead body of Rafia Nazir during her funeral in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, March 7, 2022. A few civilians were killed and nearly two dozen were injured when a grenade was thrown in the middle of the crowd at a busy market in Srinagar.(AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
A row of coffins containing victims in the day care center attack sit atop funeral pyres at Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. The deadliest mass killing in the country left more than 30 dead when a fired police officer stormed a rural day care center and massacred mostly preschoolers. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A row of coffins containing victims in the day care center attack sit atop funeral pyres at Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. The deadliest mass killing in the country left more than 30 dead when a fired police officer stormed a rural day care center and massacred mostly preschoolers. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A Sri Lankan man shouts anti government slogans during a protest outside Sri Lankan president’s private residence on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Gotabaya Rajapaska’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A Sri Lankan man shouts anti government slogans during a protest outside Sri Lankan president’s private residence on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Gotabaya Rajapaska’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Family members and relatives mourn near the dead body of Rafia Nazir during her funeral in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaks to media at the Prime Minister’s official residence Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan was shocked by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally on July 8. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaks to media at the Prime Minister’s official residence Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan was shocked by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally on July 8. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Nepalese police baton charge a protester opposing a proposed U.S. half billion dollars grant for Nepal outside the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Injuried people are helped at the street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. More than 150 young revelers were crushed to death when more than 100,000 people flocked to the city’s popular nightlife district for Halloween celebrations, the first since the country’s strict COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Injuried people are helped at the street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. More than 150 young revelers were crushed to death when more than 100,000 people flocked to the city’s popular nightlife district for Halloween celebrations, the first since the country’s strict COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Nepalese policemen take cover as protesters opposing a proposed U.S. half billion dollars grant for Nepal hurls stone outside the parliament that debates the contentious aid in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shreshta)
Nepalese policemen take cover as protesters opposing a proposed U.S. half billion dollars grant for Nepal hurls stone outside the parliament that debates the contentious aid in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shreshta)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.(AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.(AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
A row of coffins containing victims in the day care center attack sit atop funeral pyres at Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A row of coffins containing victims in the day care center attack sit atop funeral pyres at Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. Marines take their positions during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder”, on the beaches of Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
U.S. Marines take their positions during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder”, on the beaches of Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tukta Wongsila grieves with her father Saart, holding her daughter Siriprapa “Plai Fon” Prasertsuk’s picture, one of the many victims of a mass killing attack in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Tukta Wongsila grieves with her father Saart, holding her daughter Siriprapa “Plai Fon” Prasertsuk’s picture, one of the many victims of a mass killing attack in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaks to media at the Prime Minister’s official residence Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan was shocked by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally on July 8. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaks to media at the Prime Minister’s official residence Friday, July 8, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan was shocked by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally on July 8. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, front row second from right, talks to his predecessor as party leader Xi Jinping, right, as he is assisted to leave the hall during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, front row second from right, talks to his predecessor as party leader Xi Jinping, right, as he is assisted to leave the hall during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A security guard in protective suit keeps watch at an entrance gate to a neighborhood in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The country’s pandemic approach unraveled when thousands took to the streets in major cities to protest the restrictions and call for leader Xi Jinping and the Communist Party to step down. The party responded with a massive show of force and an unknown number of people were arrested. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A security guard in protective suit keeps watch at an entrance gate to a neighborhood in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The country’s pandemic approach unraveled when thousands took to the streets in major cities to protest the restrictions and call for leader Xi Jinping and the Communist Party to step down. The party responded with a massive show of force and an unknown number of people were arrested. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A man prays in front of a makeshift memorial at the scene where the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during an election campaign in Nara, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
A man prays in front of a makeshift memorial at the scene where the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during an election campaign in Nara, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Residents walk past ruined homes damaged in Monday’s earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. In November, a shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s main Java island, killing more than 330 people and injuring nearly 600. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Residents walk past ruined homes damaged in Monday’s earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. In November, a shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s main Java island, killing more than 330 people and injuring nearly 600. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Akie Abe, widow of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, arrives with her husband’s remains at the state funeral Tuesday Sept. 27, 2022, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
Akie Abe, widow of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, arrives with her husband’s remains at the state funeral Tuesday Sept. 27, 2022, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
Injuried people are helped at the street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. More than 150 young revelers were crushed to death when more than 100,000 people flocked to the city’s popular nightlife district for Halloween celebrations, the first since the country’s strict COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Injuried people are helped at the street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. More than 150 young revelers were crushed to death when more than 100,000 people flocked to the city’s popular nightlife district for Halloween celebrations, the first since the country’s strict COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
People sit in a shallow pool of water in the riverbed of the Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The very landscape of Chongqing, a megacity that also takes in surrounding farmland and steep and picturesque mountains, has been transformed by an unusually long and intense heat wave and an accompanying drought. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
People sit in a shallow pool of water in the riverbed of the Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The very landscape of Chongqing, a megacity that also takes in surrounding farmland and steep and picturesque mountains, has been transformed by an unusually long and intense heat wave and an accompanying drought. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A Buddhist monk prays for victims of a deadly accident during Saturday night’s Halloween festivities, at a makeshift flower-laying area set up near the scene of the accident in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A Buddhist monk prays for victims of a deadly accident during Saturday night’s Halloween festivities, at a makeshift flower-laying area set up near the scene of the accident in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A surfer rides a wave at One Mile Beach at Port Stephens, Australia, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Queen Pangke Tabora swims in her mermaid suit as she conducts a mermaiding class in front of the Ocean Camp in Mabini, Batangas province, Philippines on Sunday, May 22, 2022. For the transgender Filipina woman approaching middle age, seeing her legs encased in vibrant, scaly-looking neoprene three years ago was the realization of a childhood dream. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Queen Pangke Tabora swims in her mermaid suit as she conducts a mermaiding class in front of the Ocean Camp in Mabini, Batangas province, Philippines on Sunday, May 22, 2022. For the transgender Filipina woman approaching middle age, seeing her legs encased in vibrant, scaly-looking neoprene three years ago was the realization of a childhood dream. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Flames rise from a train set on fire by protestors at Secundrabad railroad station in Hyderabad, India, Friday, June 17, 2022. Hundreds of angry youths gave vent to their ire by burning train coaches, vandalizing railroad property and blocking rail tracks and highways with boulders as a backlash continued for a second straight day Friday against a new short-term government recruitment scheme for the military.(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)
Flames rise from a train set on fire by protestors at Secundrabad railroad station in Hyderabad, India, Friday, June 17, 2022. Hundreds of angry youths gave vent to their ire by burning train coaches, vandalizing railroad property and blocking rail tracks and highways with boulders as a backlash continued for a second straight day Friday against a new short-term government recruitment scheme for the military.(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)
Visitors pose for a selfie in a sunflower field in Hokuto city, Yamanashi prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.(AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.(AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
Roof decorations on the corner tower at the Forbidden City depicting sacred beasts are silhouetted against a supermoon, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Kashmiri women cry as their house was damaged during a gunbattle in Malwah village, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, April. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
The military honor guard perform during the National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Photographers try to take a picture inside a building which houses the lawyer’s office of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic in Melbourne, Australia. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. The Australian government revoked tennis star Djokovic’s visa for a second time, just three days before the Australian Open begins.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Photographers try to take a picture inside a building which houses the lawyer’s office of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic in Melbourne, Australia. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. The Australian government revoked tennis star Djokovic’s visa for a second time, just three days before the Australian Open begins.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Participants take part in the closing ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
U.S. Marines take their positions during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder”, on the beaches of Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
U.S. Marines take their positions during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder”, on the beaches of Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Female dancers are seen during the opening of Bali Arts Festival in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, June 12, 2022.(AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
A U.S. 155mm Howitzer fires a round during annual combat drills between the Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps in Capas, Tarlac province, northern Philippines, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A U.S. 155mm Howitzer fires a round during annual combat drills between the Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps in Capas, Tarlac province, northern Philippines, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a virtual meeting at the B20 Summit ahead of the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks after his speech during the B20 Summit ahead of the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, gestures with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment meeting at the G20 summit, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, gestures with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment meeting at the G20 summit, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated in honor of Queen Elizabeth II in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability in a turbulent era for her country and the world, died Thursday, Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated in honor of Queen Elizabeth II in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability in a turbulent era for her country and the world, died Thursday, Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
An Indian Rabha tribal Hindu priest runs barefoot over burning charcoal as part of rituals during Baikho festival at Gamerimura village along the Assam Meghalaya border, west of Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
An Indian Rabha tribal Hindu priest runs barefoot over burning charcoal as part of rituals during Baikho festival at Gamerimura village along the Assam Meghalaya border, west of Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, is greeted by Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gala dinner, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, is greeted by Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gala dinner, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during his arrival to the Quad leaders summit at the prime minister’s official residence, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during his arrival to the Quad leaders summit at the prime minister’s official residence, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. President Joe Biden, front left, and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, front right, review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony for President Biden, at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
U.S. President Joe Biden, front left, and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, front right, review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony for President Biden, at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
A woman displays the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote, outside a polling booth during the first phase of Manipur state elections in Imphal, India, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.(AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
A woman displays the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote, outside a polling booth during the first phase of Manipur state elections in Imphal, India, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.(AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Jim Finn holds his eight-month-old daughter Allegra as he casts his vote at a polling booth in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hugs his daughters Lily and Abbey at a Liberal Party function in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stands with his mother Imelda Marcos, left, and his wife Maria Louise Marcos, right, during the inauguration ceremony at National Museum Thursday, June 30, 2022 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stands with his mother Imelda Marcos, left, and his wife Maria Louise Marcos, right, during the inauguration ceremony at National Museum Thursday, June 30, 2022 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A Naga Army soldier stands in prayer during celebrations marking the Nagas’ Declaration of Independence in Chedema, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022.(AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
A Naga Army soldier stands in prayer during celebrations marking the Nagas’ Declaration of Independence in Chedema, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022.(AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Hostesses prepare drinks at the Great Hall of the People before the opening ceremony for the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Hostesses prepare drinks at the Great Hall of the People before the opening ceremony for the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, front row second from right, talks to his predecessor as party leader Xi Jinping, right, as he is assisted to leave the hall during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, front row second from right, talks to his predecessor as party leader Xi Jinping, right, as he is assisted to leave the hall during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A worker wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks across the platform at the 105-year-old Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan.19, 2022, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A worker wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks across the platform at the 105-year-old Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan.19, 2022, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A woman wearing a face mask looks through a fogged-up window on a public bus during a rainy morning in the central business district in Beijing, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
People wearing face masks walk along an exercise path at a public park in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A woman gets her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A woman wearing a face mask opens the window which reflects lanterns displayed for upcoming Buddha’s birthday celebration slated for May 8, at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A woman wearing a face mask opens the window which reflects lanterns displayed for upcoming Buddha’s birthday celebration slated for May 8, at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A security guard in protective suit keeps watch at an entrance gate to a neighborhood in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
In this photo made with a slow shutter speed, men ride on a bicycle through a waterlogged road after rains in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Residents walk past ruined homes damaged in Monday’s earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Boats stand parked on the Yamuna in Prayagraj, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. The river is considered sacred by Hindus. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A boy dives in a puddle of muddy water as he enjoys the rains in Mumbai, India, Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
People perform Yoga to mark International Day of Yoga infront of Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Yoga enthusiasts across the world Tuesday took part in mass yoga events to mark Yoga Day. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People perform Yoga to mark International Day of Yoga infront of Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Yoga enthusiasts across the world Tuesday took part in mass yoga events to mark Yoga Day. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A person picks through trash for reusable items as a fire rages at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
A boy searches for coins thrown by Hindu devotees in river Yamuna where water levels have reduced drastically following hot weather in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Children play at a crowded Juhu beach on the Arabian Sea coast on a hot and humid day in Mumbai, India, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A surfer rides a wave at One Mile Beach at Port Stephens, Australia, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Queen Pangke Tabora swims in her mermaid suit as she conducts a mermaiding class in front of the Ocean Camp in Mabini, Batangas province, Philippines on Sunday, May 22, 2022. For the transgender Filipina woman approaching middle age, seeing her legs encased in vibrant, scaly-looking neoprene three years ago was the realization of a childhood dream. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Queen Pangke Tabora swims in her mermaid suit as she conducts a mermaiding class in front of the Ocean Camp in Mabini, Batangas province, Philippines on Sunday, May 22, 2022. For the transgender Filipina woman approaching middle age, seeing her legs encased in vibrant, scaly-looking neoprene three years ago was the realization of a childhood dream. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A Japanese white-eye, also known as Mejiro, perches on a cherry tree in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Visitors pose for a selfie in a sunflower field in Hokuto city, Yamanashi prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
A woman wearing a face mask stands over a stroller along a street lined with trees with leaves turning yellow in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A shrine maiden walks past the main shrine while a worker clears the steps as the snow comes down Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Rows of crosses sit at the mass grave site at the Holy Cross Memorial Garden for victims of super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, central Philippines on Sunday Oct. 23, 2022. About 40% of the population of Tacloban was relocated to safer areas after super Typhoon Haiyan wiped out most of the villages, killing thousands when it hit central Philippines in 2013. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Rows of crosses sit at the mass grave site at the Holy Cross Memorial Garden for victims of super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, central Philippines on Sunday Oct. 23, 2022. About 40% of the population of Tacloban was relocated to safer areas after super Typhoon Haiyan wiped out most of the villages, killing thousands when it hit central Philippines in 2013. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Dwi Ulfani stands inside her flooded home in Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, July 30, 2022. When asking Ulfani what she wants to do after school??? stay in the village or move elsewhere??? she cries when responding in a whisper, “Move.” (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Dwi Ulfani stands inside her flooded home in Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, July 30, 2022. When asking Ulfani what she wants to do after school??? stay in the village or move elsewhere??? she cries when responding in a whisper, “Move.” (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Residents give away onions and other foods along a flooded road due to Typhoon Noru in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, Philippines, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A woman searches for nails and other metal scraps from remains of burned houses that were gutted during a fire at a poor bayside village in the district of Tondo, Manila, Philippines on Friday, May 20, 2022. Investigators said about 300 families became homeless after the fire that happened Thursday night. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A woman searches for nails and other metal scraps from remains of burned houses that were gutted during a fire at a poor bayside village in the district of Tondo, Manila, Philippines on Friday, May 20, 2022. Investigators said about 300 families became homeless after the fire that happened Thursday night. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
People sit in a shallow pool of water in the riverbed of the Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The very landscape of Chongqing, a megacity that also takes in surrounding farmland and steep and picturesque mountains, has been transformed by an unusually long and intense heat wave and an accompanying drought. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
People sit in a shallow pool of water in the riverbed of the Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The very landscape of Chongqing, a megacity that also takes in surrounding farmland and steep and picturesque mountains, has been transformed by an unusually long and intense heat wave and an accompanying drought. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A Gray heron flying in front of the moon in the early morning in Kapar on the outskirt of Selangor state, Malaysia, Saturday, March 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Roof decorations on the corner tower at the Forbidden City depicting sacred beasts are silhouetted against a supermoon, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People ride on a train during a lunar eclipse over the Tokyo sky on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Defending men’s champion Serbia’s Novak Djokovic practices on Margaret Court Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Djokovic was deported from Australia on Jan 16, after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Defending men’s champion Serbia’s Novak Djokovic practices on Margaret Court Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Djokovic was deported from Australia on Jan 16, after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Photographers try to take a picture inside a building which houses the lawyer’s office of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic in Melbourne, Australia. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. The Australian government revoked tennis star Djokovic’s visa for a second time, just three days before the Australian Open begins.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Photographers try to take a picture inside a building which houses the lawyer’s office of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic in Melbourne, Australia. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. The Australian government revoked tennis star Djokovic’s visa for a second time, just three days before the Australian Open begins.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Ash Barty of Australia celebrates after defeating Danielle Collins of the U.S., in the women’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in Melbourne, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Ash Barty of Australia celebrates after defeating Danielle Collins of the U.S., in the women’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in Melbourne, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Residents film as snow falls near the illuminated Beijing Olympic Tower, at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China’s Shao Qi falls as she competes during the women’s aerials qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Jessie Diggins of the U.S., reacts after crossing the finish line during the women’s 30km mass start free cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Jessie Diggins of the U.S., reacts after crossing the finish line during the women’s 30km mass start free cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
United States’ Shaun White gets emotional after the men’s halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
China’s Eileen Gu reacts as she competes during the women’s slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Participants take part in the closing ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Fireworks ignite during the closing ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
China’s Zhou Yetong, left, and Hu Mingyuan tries to block the ball during their preliminary match against Vietnam at Asian Volleyball Confederation Cup for Women at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Philippines, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
China’s Zhou Yetong, left, and Hu Mingyuan tries to block the ball during their preliminary match against Vietnam at Asian Volleyball Confederation Cup for Women at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Philippines, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne dives to catch the ball during the second one-day international cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne dives to catch the ball during the second one-day international cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Puerto Rico’s Arella Guirantes runs into Canada’s Bridget Carleton during their quarterfinal game at the women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Puerto Rico’s Arella Guirantes runs into Canada’s Bridget Carleton during their quarterfinal game at the women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Canada’s Kia Nurse, left, covers the face of United States’ Chelsea Gray during their semifinal game at the women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Canada’s Kia Nurse, left, covers the face of United States’ Chelsea Gray during their semifinal game at the women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Spain’s Pedro Acosta of Red Bull KTM Ajo, top, crashes with Thailand’s Somkiat Chantra of Idemitsu Honda Team Asia during the Moto2 race for the Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix in Sepang International Circuit, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Spain’s Pedro Acosta of Red Bull KTM Ajo, top, crashes with Thailand’s Somkiat Chantra of Idemitsu Honda Team Asia during the Moto2 race for the Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix in Sepang International Circuit, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Xiong Ying in her Heaven Gaia collection during the China Fashion Week in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
An actor of the Awahan traveling theater group puts her make-up on before going on stage at Xetali village east of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Female dancers are seen during the opening of Bali Arts Festival in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, June 12, 2022.(AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
U.S. professional basketball player Dwight Howard invites everyone to take a photo during a signing ceremony with Taiwan Taoyuan Leopards in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Chiang ying-ying)
U.S. professional basketball player Dwight Howard invites everyone to take a photo during a signing ceremony with Taiwan Taoyuan Leopards in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Chiang ying-ying)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a virtual meeting at the B20 Summit ahead of the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, in a yellow ceremonial hat, watches a welcome dance performed by Tibetan artists, as he arrives at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, in a yellow ceremonial hat, watches a welcome dance performed by Tibetan artists, as he arrives at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Sheng Yi, a female panda, reacts inside the panda enclosure at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The third cub of Giant Panda couple Xing Xing and Liang Liang from China has been finally given a name - Sheng Yi, means peace and friendship. Sheng Yi turns one year old on May 31. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Sheng Yi, a female panda, reacts inside the panda enclosure at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The third cub of Giant Panda couple Xing Xing and Liang Liang from China has been finally given a name - Sheng Yi, means peace and friendship. Sheng Yi turns one year old on May 31. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Gulfam Raza sits sideways on his fast moving Royal Enfield motorcycle in an enclosure known as Maut ka Kuan, or the well of death, at a local fair in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Gulfam Raza sits sideways on his fast moving Royal Enfield motorcycle in an enclosure known as Maut ka Kuan, or the well of death, at a local fair in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
A businessman wearing a face mask walks over shadows cast by a glass roof at a building in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
A slum colony is decorated with lanterns and lights during Diwali, the festival of lights in Mumbai, India, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A Hindu boy lights an oil lamp at the Banganga pond as they celebrate Dev Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Hindu women light oil lamps at the Banganga pond as they celebrate Dev Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian navy personnel perform during a rehearsal for Beating Retreat and Tattoo Ceremony held as part of Navy week celebrations in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Youth and students attend an evening gala with a firework display to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
Youth and students attend an evening gala with a firework display to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated in honor of Queen Elizabeth II in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
An artist dressed as the demon king Ravana, right, tries to put on an 8-headed crown before a performance on stage in a traditional Ramleela drama to celebrate the festival of Dussehra in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Ramleela is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Hindu lord Rama, that are staged during the festival of Navratri, according to the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
An artist dressed as the demon king Ravana, right, tries to put on an 8-headed crown before a performance on stage in a traditional Ramleela drama to celebrate the festival of Dussehra in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Ramleela is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Hindu lord Rama, that are staged during the festival of Navratri, according to the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is taken for immersion on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Women wearing traditional attire pose for photographs as they practice the Garba, the traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of Navratri in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Women wearing traditional attire pose for photographs as they practice the Garba, the traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of Navratri in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
An Indian Rabha tribal Hindu priest runs barefoot over burning charcoal as part of rituals during Baikho festival at Gamerimura village along the Assam Meghalaya border, west of Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
An Indian Rabha tribal Hindu priest runs barefoot over burning charcoal as part of rituals during Baikho festival at Gamerimura village along the Assam Meghalaya border, west of Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Momoka Muraoka of Japan, left, and Liu Sitong of China ski to the flower ceremony in the women’s giant slalom, sitting at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Friday, March 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Momoka Muraoka of Japan, left, and Liu Sitong of China ski to the flower ceremony in the women’s giant slalom, sitting at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Friday, March 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Australian rider Jack Miller drinks champagne from his boot on the podium after winning the MotoGP race of Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Australian rider Jack Miller drinks champagne from his boot on the podium after winning the MotoGP race of Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
American celebrity socialite Paris Hilton attends an event with her fans in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 20. 2022. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
Natural disasters and crowd-related tragedies claimed hundreds of lives in Asia and overshadowed the COVID-19 pandemic, with most countries easing or completely lifting the tough restrictions of the previous two years. Even China, the last major country to try to control virus transmission through a “zero-COVID” strategy, relaxed the rigorous rules that triggered rare public protests.
Political turmoil hit debt-laden Sri Lanka, where protesters broke into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence and forced him into resigning after fleeing abroad. He later returned to the country headed by a new leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who negotiated a bailout package with international lenders contingent on sweeping economic reforms.
Japan was shocked by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally on July 8. The suspect cited Abe’s links to the ultra-conservative Unification Church, whose ties to the ruling party caused major headaches for the new prime minister, Fumio Kishida.
In Seoul, 156 young revelers were crushed to death when more than 100,000 people flocked to the city’s popular nightlife district for Halloween celebrations, the first since the country’s strict COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.
Earlier in October, police at a soccer match in Indonesia fired tear gas after some fans spilled onto the field, sending people rushing toward the exits, some of which were locked, and causing a crush that left 135 dead.
Still that same month, the collapse of a newly repaired suspension bridge in India’s Gujarat state killed 134 people as hundreds were celebrating the Hindu festival season.
In November, a shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s main Java island, killing 334 people and injuring nearly 600.
And in Thailand, the deadliest mass killing in the country left 36 dead when a fired police officer stormed a rural day care center and massacred mostly preschoolers.
China entered the year as host of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, with participants and guests sequestered in a “bubble” as part of strict COVID-19 rules.
But the country’s pandemic approach — which seeks to isolate every single infection at a huge cost to the economy and freedom of movement — unraveled when thousands took to the streets in major cities to protest the restrictions and call for leader Xi Jinping and the Communist Party to step down. The party responded with a massive show of force and an unknown number of people were arrested.
The government under Xi, who granted himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, relaxed measures and indicated it will tolerate more cases without quarantines or shutting down travel or businesses as it winds down its “zero-COVID” strategy, even as cases rise and threaten to overwhelm health resources.