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1of18Activists shout slogans during a rally celebrating International Women’s Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 8, 2023.Tatan Syuflana/APShow MoreShow Less2of18Fire officials and locals carry an injured person to hospital after an explosion, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh’s capital has killed at least 14 people and injured dozens. Officials say the explosion occurred in a busy commercial area of Dhaka.APShow MoreShow Less3of184of18Rohingya refugees try to douse a major fire in their Balukhali camp at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023. A massive fire raced through a crammed camp of Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said.Mahmud Hossain Opu/APShow MoreShow Less5of18A main road is blocked by floodwater at Lengga town in Johor state, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the fifth death of seasonal floods that have also forced more than 43,000 people to flee their homes.APShow MoreShow Less6of187of18Shohei Ohtani of Japan hits a double in the fourth inning of the Pool B game against China, at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, March 9, 2023.Eugene Hoshiko/APShow MoreShow Less8of18Children play during Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The festival heralds the arrival of spring.Rajanish Kakade/APShow MoreShow Less9of1810of18A man performs yoga early morning on the beach along the Bay of Bengal coast in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Saturday, March 4, 2023.Mahesh Kumar A./APShow MoreShow Less11of18Rohingya refugee boys salvage a gas cylinder after a major fire in Balukhali camp at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023. A massive fire raced through a crammed camp of Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said.Mahmud Hossain Opu/APShow MoreShow Less12of1813of18A woman weeps at a neighborhood affected by a fuel depot fire in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 4, 2023. A large fire broke out at the fuel storage depot in Indonesia’s capital Friday, killing multiple people, injuring dozens of others and forcing the evacuation of thousands of nearby residents after spreading to their neighborhood, officials said.Tatan Syuflana/APShow MoreShow Less14of18Thanaporn Phromthep prays during a funeral ceremony for her son Duangphet Phromthep at Wat Phra That Doi Wao temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Sunday, March 5, 2023. The cremated ashes of Duangphet, one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in 2018, arrived in the far northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on Saturday where final Buddhist rites for his funeral will be held over the next few days following his death in the U.K.Sakchai Lalit/APShow MoreShow Less15of1816of18Indian tennis player Sania Mirza stands with her son during her farewell in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, March 5, 2023.Mahesh Kumar A./APShow MoreShow Less17of18Students participate in a marathon ahead of the International Women’s Day in Hyderabad, India, Monday, March 6, 2023. The theme of the marathon was “rise and Run” and was organized by the city police.Mahesh Kumar A./APShow MoreShow Less18of18
March 3-9, 2023
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and the Pacific.
The gallery was curated by AP photo editor Hiro Komae in Tokyo.
