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AP Week in Pictures: Asia

May 12-18, 2023

May 25, 2023

By The Associated Press

25 May 2023

May 12-18, 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 Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.

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