AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. One million people would usually crowd the Sydney Harbor to watch the annual fireworks that center on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. But this year authorities advised revelers to watch the fireworks on television as the two most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria battle to curb new COVID-19 outbreaks. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Bride Chen Yaxuan walks by staff wearing masks during a wedding banquet in Beijing on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Lovebirds in China are embracing a sense of normalcy as the COVID pandemic appears to be under control in the country where it was first detected. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai is escorted by Correctional Services officers in a prison van at the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Hong Kong's highest court on Thursday revoked Lai's bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Elderly women farmers sit at the back of a trailer as they participate in a protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Haryana state border, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. From students, teachers and nurses to housewives and grandmothers, women are now holding the front lines at the massive protests that have blockaded key highways leading to India's capital for more than a month, demanding the repeal of new farm laws. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indian Christian boys wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus peep through the glass of the church as they are not allowed to attend the Christmas mass due to COVID-19 restrictions in Gauhati, India, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A boy sells balloons at a crowded Juhu beach in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Nepalese supporters of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party participate in a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Tens of thousands of supporters of the splinter group rallied in the capital on Tuesday demanding the ouster of the prime minister and the reinstatement of the Parliament he dissolved amid an escalating feud in the party. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Rohingya refugees wait on naval ships to be transported to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Officials in Bangladesh sent a second group of Rohingya refugees to the island on Monday despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees left Cox's Bazar voluntarily under government management. Authorities say the refugees were selected for relocation based on their willingness, and that no pressure was applied on them. But several human rights and activist groups say some refugees have been forced to go to the island, located 21 miles (34 kilometers) from the mainland. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Christians on the screen attend an online Christmas service for social distancing and a precaution against the coronavirus at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Nathu Singh, an 86-year old farmer, wrapped in a quilt, smokes a bidi, or hand-rolled tobacco, after waking up in the back of his tractor trolley blocking a highway in protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A Black Bulbul opens its beak to catch a piece of wild pear as it sits on a snow covered tree in Dharmsala, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. Black Bulbul are often seen in small groups, either roosting or flying about in search of food. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)