The Associated PressIn this Wednesday, May 22, 2019, file photo, firecrackers explode near supporters of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto during clashes with the police in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesian President Joko Widodo said authorities have the volatile situation in the country’s capital under control after six people died Wednesday in riots by supporters of his losing rival in last month’s presidential election. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)
A Nepalese woman lights a butter lamp during Buddha Jayanti, also known as Vesak, a festival marking the birthday, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha.
In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, a police officer in Jakarta, Indonesia, fires his tear gas launcher at supporters of a losing presidential candidate who triggered deadly riots.
Customers buy frozen pork at a local market in Hong Kong, where a case of African swine fever has prompted the culling of all 6,000 pigs at a slaughterhouse.
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This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Toru Takahashi in Tokyo.
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