A drone captures the construction of the new Longtan bridge in Jiangsu Province, China, on March 27, 2024.(AFP: Xinhua/Meng Delong)
A Thai man prays at a sacred tattoo festival at Wat Bang Phra Monastery — just north-east of Bangkok — in Thailand on March 23, 2024. Devotees believe that sacred tattoos (known as Sak Yant) have mystical powers, ward off bad luck and protect them from harm.(Reuters: Chalinee Thirasupa)
An interactive art installation of giant, glowing, egg-shaped objects that respond to touch with sound are exhibited across Victoria Harbour — on land and in the water — in Hong Kong on March 25, 2024.(Reuters: Tyrone Siu)
The front pages of South Korean newspapers covering the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, USA on March 27, 2024.(AFP: Anthony Wallace)
A Hindu devotee dances during Huranga — a game played a day after the Holi festival — at Dauji temple near the northern city of Mathura, India on March 26, 2024.(Reuters: Sharafat Ali )
Malaysians take part in Earth Hour on March 23, 2024 by switching off lights and lighting candles to show support for the planet and environmental issues in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.(Reuters: Hasnoor Hussain)
Kids wait for food to break their Ramadan fast at a temple in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 26, 2024.(AFP: NurPhoto/Afriadi Hikmal)
People gather to celebrate Bangladesh Independence Day on March 26, 2024 at the National Martyrs’ Memorial Monument in Savar, Bangladesh.(AFP: NurPhoto)
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan Navy Commander Tang Hua attend the delivery ceremony of six made-in-Taiwan Tuo Chiang-class Navy Corvettes — small warships — at a port in Yilan, Taiwan on March 26, 2024.(Reuters: Ann Wang)
A modified Long March-6 rocket carrying the Yunhai-3 02 satellite lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi Province, northern China on March 27, 2024.(AFP: Xinhua/Zheng Bin)
A man raises his dog to be blessed during a Palm Sunday mass at the Antipolo Cathedral in Rizal province, Philippines on March 24, 2024.(Reuters: Eloisa Lopez)
Nauru’s President David Adeang and Chinese President Xi Jinping before an historic meeting — the first since Nauru severed ties with Taiwan and resumed ties with China in January — at the Great Hall of the People of Beijing on March 25, 2024.(Reuters: China Daily)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un poses with soldiers as he inspects a Korean People’s Army tank unit in this picture obtained by Reuters on March 25, 2024.(Reuters: KCNA)
Members of Japan’s national swimming team — Mio Narita, Yui Ohashi, Airi Mitsui, Genki Terakado and Ippei Watanabe — are selected on March 27, 2024 to go to the 2024 Paris Olympics.(AFP: The Yomiuri Shimbun/Ryohei Moriya)
The winner of this week’s ABC Pacific audience photo competition! More details on how to take part below. The picture captures the birds-eye view of two friends floating below Awawi Falls in West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea after a hard day’s work in the heat.(Supplied: Joseph Dermba)
A man reacts as coloured powder is thrown on his face during Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India, on March 25.(Reuters: Hemanshi Kamani)
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was accused of being out of touch with the country’s cost of living crisis this week after visiting a supermarket and thinking that a bundle of green onions cost 875 won ($1) when it actually costs closer to $4.50.(Reuters: Kim Daewoung)
Indonesian regional military commander Izak Pangemanan speaks out at a news conference on March 25, 2024 about a video showing a Papuan man being tortured by military soldiers.(Reuters: Antara Foto/Muhammad Adimaja)
An Indonesian man has numbing cream applied at a free tattoo removal program run during the holy month of Ramadan in central Jakarta, Indonesia on March 26, 2024.(Reuters: Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)
Japanese Poo Museum on March 22, 2024: Visitors take selfies with miniature symbols of poo at the Unko (poo) Museum in Tokyo.(Reuters: Kim Kyung-Hoon )
