AP Photos: Editor Selections from the Past Week in Asia

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In this Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, file photo, Pope Francis visits the Mother Teresa House in Dhaka's Tejgaon neighborhood, Bangladesh. Pope Francis is wrapping up his Asian trip with a visit to an orphanage and home for the disabled run by Mother Teresa's order and a meeting with Bangladeshi priests and nuns. Photo: Andrew Medichini / AP

A man held a smartphone as he stood near a Christmas display in a shopping district in Beijing. Although Christmas is not traditionally celebrated in China, shopping malls and retailers welcome the holiday by organizing activities to attract shoppers as a chance to boost year-end sales.

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In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet prepared to take off at Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Hundreds of aircraft including two dozen stealth jets began training Monday as the United States and South Korea launched their combined air force exercise.

Fireworks exploded above the Taedong River as people gathered at Kim Il Sung Square for a rally in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans attended a rally in Pyongyang’s central Kim Il Sung Square to show support for the country’s latest missile test.

England’s Joe Root swings at a high delivery from Australia’s Pat Cummins during the fourth day of their Ashes cricket test match in Adelaide, Australia.

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

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In this Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, file photo, a man holds a smartphone as he stands near a Christmas display in a shopping district in Beijing. Although Christmas is not traditionally celebrated in China, shopping malls and retailers welcome the holiday by organizing activities to attract shoppers as a chance to boost year-end sales. Photo: Mark Schiefelbein / AP
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In this Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, a shopper walks in Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district decorated with lights. Photo: Shizuo Kambayashi / AP
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, an Indian boy is drenched by waves during high tide in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India. A rain and thundershower warning is in place for Mumbai and surrounding suburbs beginning Monday night in anticipation of Cyclone Ockhi. Photo: Rajanish Kakade / AP
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In this Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, file photo, the moon rises behind the Uppatasanti Pagoda seen in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The Dec. 3 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018. Photo: Aung Shine Oo / AP
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In this Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, file photo, a couple watch the ceiling featuring jellyfish at Enoshima aquarium in Fujisawa west of Tokyo. Photo: Shizuo Kambayashi / AP
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In this Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, file photo, a girl rests next to her brother in a temporary shelter following the eruption of Mount Agung in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia. Bali’s glowering Mount Agung has seemingly quietened since hurling huge columns of ash from its crater a week ago but some villagers who survived its catastrophic 1963 explosions say they believe a bigger eruption is coming. Explosions from the smoking crater and tremors still rattle the surrounding region and authorities have maintained Agung’s alert at the highest level. Its 1963 eruptions killed about 1,100 people. Photo: Firdia Lisnawati / AP
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In this Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, fireworks explode above the Taedong river as people gather at Kim Il Sung Square for a rally in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans attended a rally Friday in Pyongyang’s central Kim Il Sung Square to show support for the country’s latest missile test. Photo: Jon Chol Jin / AP
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In this Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, file photo, a man and a woman cast their shadows on the fallen yellow autumn leaves on a ginkgo tree-lined street in Tokyo. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko / AP
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, tourists walk past the discolored wall of the Taj Mahal caused by environmental pollution which stands out in sharp contrast against one which has been cleaned in Agra, India. Authorities in India are trying to figure out how workers will scale the Taj Mahal’s majestic but delicate dome as they complete the first thorough cleaning of the World Heritage site since it was built 369 years ago. Work on the mausoleum’s minarets and walls is almost finished, after workers began the makeover in mid-2015. They’ve been using a natural mud paste to remove yellow discoloration and return the marble to its original brilliant white. Photo: Manish Swarup / AP
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, England’s Joe Root swings at a high delivery from Australia’s Pat Cummins during the fourth day of their Ashes cricket test match in Adelaide, Australia. Photo: Rick Rycroft / AP
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, file photo, a protester peers from the cutout which shows a portrait of a slain activist during a rally outside armed forces headquarters in Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. The protest was in response to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaring that communist guerrillas waging a decades-long rebellion are terrorists, the latest move jeopardizing the resumption of peace talks with the insurgents. Photo: Bullit Marquez / AP
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In this Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet prepares to take off at Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Hundreds of aircraft including two dozen stealth jets began training Monday as the United States and South Korea launched their combined air force exercise. Photo: Ahn Young-joon / AP