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AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

August 9, 2019 GMT
In this Aug. 2, 2019, photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, gestures to his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono, right, and South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha after a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN and dialogue partners foreign ministers' meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
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In this Aug. 2, 2019, photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, gestures to his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono, right, and South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha after a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN and dialogue partners foreign ministers' meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
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In this Aug. 2, 2019, photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, gestures to his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono, right, and South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha after a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN and dialogue partners foreign ministers' meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Protesters in Hong Kong demonstrate against the arrests of people caught in possession of laser pointers that police classified as offensive weapons during monthslong pro-democracy rallies.

In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, children cool off in an outdoor water fountain in Seoul, South Korea, where summer temperatures soared above 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit).

An Indian paramilitary soldier orders a Kashmiri man to lift his coat before frisking him during curfew in Srinagar, the divided Himalayan region’s main city.

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This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.

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