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Asia last week in pictures
Nov 30, 2018 2:09 AM

Asia last week in pictures

SUMMARY

From the 10th anniversary of Mumbai terror attacks to claims by Chinese researcher about making the world's first gene-edited babies, Asia witnessed several key events in the last few days. Here are a few images pointing towards key events that had taken place in the continent recently.

By APNov 30, 2018 4:02:15 PM IST (Updated)

People in Osaka, Japan celebrate after winning the vote at the 164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). Osaka will host the World Expo in 2025, beating out Russia, Azerbaijan for an event. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Singapore's Amir Khan, right, lands a kick and a knee to the Philippines' Eduard Folayang during their Lightweight ONE Championship mixed Martial Arts bout at the Mall of Asia Arena in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippine. Folayang won over Amir Khan via a unanimous decision to win the vacant title. The victory of Folayang garnered five championship belts for the Philippines in the world sports of mixed martial arts. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

An police officer waits with others to pay tribute to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Osamu Masuko leaves after the press conference at the headquarters of the automaker in Tokyo. The board of Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors, which is allied with Renault and Nissan, met Monday to decide whether to keep or oust Carlos Ghosn as its chairman after his arrest last week. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

IOC President Thomas Bach delivers a speech during the Japan Olympic Committee's welcome reception ahead of ANOC general assembly in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong. He made his first public comments about his claim to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Indian Air Force (IAF) Sarang helicopters perform a display during the President's Standard and Colour Presentation to the IAF Number 118 helicopter unit and air defense college, at Air Force Station in Gauhati. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

Indian Air force personnel perform a drill during the President's Standard and Colour Presentation to the IAF Number 118 helicopter unit and air defense college, at Air Force Station in Gauhati. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

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