Asia last week in pictures

SUMMARY

Japanese macaques nap in the shade to avoid sunshine at a Tokyo zoo while people crowd in a swimming pool to escape the summer heat in South Korea. Monsoon rains and a typhoon affected other Asian countries, with flooding threatening to inundate parts of Hanoi, Vietnam. In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen holds a ballot before voting in the election that returned him to office for another five-year term.

By APAug 4, 2018 6:59:54 PM IST (Updated)

In this Friday, July 27, 2018, file photo, North Koreans take part in a mass dance during the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, which the country celebrates as the day of "victory in the fatherland liberation war," at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

In this Saturday, July 28, 2018, file photo, a firefighter works as sandbags are piled at the entrance gate of a residential house in preparation for an approaching typhoon at Saka town, Hiroshima prefecture, southwestern Japan, where unusual heavy rains hit earlier this month. Heavy rain is falling on parts of Japan and airlines have canceled flights as the approaching Typhoon Jongdari threatens to dump more rain on a region devastated by floods and landslides early July. (Kota Endo/Kyodo News via AP, File)

In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Japanese macaques take a nap in the shade to avoid sunshine at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Kidambi Srikanth of India serves while competing against Pablo Abian of Spain during their men's badminton singles match at the BWF World Championships in Nanjing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo, people crowd in the Caribbean Bay swimming pool trying to escape the heat in Yongin, South Korea. South Korean Meteorological Administration issued a heat wave warning for Seoul and other cities. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

In this Saturday, July 28, 2018, file photo, a full moon sets over Petronas Twin Tower during a complete lunar eclipse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Skywatchers around much of the world are looking forward to a complete lunar eclipse that will be the longest this century. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun, File)

In this Sunday, July 29, 2018, file photo, thick fog envelops a cluster of homes on a hillside in Dharmsala, India. The mountain region is currently receiving monsoon rains. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)

In this Sunday, July 29, 2018, file photo, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), holds a ballot before voting at a polling station in Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodians began voting in an election virtually certain to return to office Hun Sen and his ruling CPP. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

In this Monday, July 30, 2018, file photo, Muslims arrive in a country boat to check if their names are included in the National Register of Citizens at a draft center in Bur Gaon village, 70 kilometers (44 miles) east of Gauhati, India. India on Monday released a final draft of a list of its citizens in the northeastern state of Assam, leaving some 4 million people on edge to prove their Indian nationality. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

In this Tuesday, July 31, 2018, file photo, a man paddles a boat and others swim through flooded village in Chuong My district, Hanoi, Vietnam. High seasonal floods have killed three people and threat to submerge Vietnam's capital. (AP Photo/Manh Thang, File)