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AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

October 18, 2019 GMT
In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, file photo, an Indian worker mixes gun powder to make firecrackers for the upcoming Hindu festival Diwali at a factory on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India. Fire crackers are in huge demand in India during Diwali, the festival of lights. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, file photo, an Indian worker mixes gun powder to make firecrackers for the upcoming Hindu festival Diwali at a factory on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India. Fire crackers are in huge demand in India during Diwali, the festival of lights. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, file photo, an Indian worker mixes gun powder to make firecrackers for the upcoming Hindu festival Diwali at a factory on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India. Fire crackers are in huge demand in India during Diwali, the festival of lights. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)

An Indian worker mixes gunpowder to make firecrackers for Diwali, the upcoming Hindu festival of lights, at a factory on the outskirts of Ahmadabad.

In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, bullet trains are submerged in muddy waters in Nagano, central Japan, in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis.

A lake in Dharmasala, India, is covered in yellow pollen and pine needles, released by Himalayan cedar trees every autumn.

Paper origami cranes are glued to a wall during a sit-in outside police headquarters in Hong Kong, which is in the grip of 5-month-long pro-democracy protests.

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This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Masayo Yoshida in Tokyo.

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