The most spectacular pictures of last week from Asia

SUMMARY

Here are the most spectacular images captured from across the continent last week.

By APMay 19, 2019 8:37:18 AM IST (Updated)

Rescuers help a baby wild elephant cross the wetland to return to the forest at Deepor Beel wildlife sanctuary in Gauhati. The elephant had gotten stuck in the waters of Deepor Beel after it was separated from a herd of wild elephant that came down in search of food last night. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers scuffle in the chamber at Legislative Council in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's legislative assembly descended into chaos Saturday as lawmakers for and against controversial amendments to the territory's extradition law clashed over access to the chamber. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Pro-Beijing lawmaker Shek Lai-him, centre with glasses, is surrounded by reporters and photographers during a controversial amendment meeting at Legislative Council in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's legislative assembly descended into chaos again on Tuesday as lawmakers for and against controversial amendments to the territory's extradition legislation confronted each other. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

A spotted seal splashes into the water after being released by officials near Dalian in northeastern China's Liaoning province. Animal groups cheered the release of 37 spotted seal pups rescued from traffickers into the wild in northern China. (Pan Yulong/Xinhua via AP, File)

A man pauses to look at election posters along a Manila street. President Rodrigo Duterte's name is not on the ballot but Monday's mid-term elections are seen as a referendum on his phenomenal rise to power, marked by his gory anti-drug crackdown and his embrace of China. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

South Korean violinist Won Hyung Joon and his North Korean soprano partner Kim Song Mi perform at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai. Won, a South Korean, performed together with Kim, a North Korean, in a rare joint performance they hope would help bring the divided Koreas closer together via music. Their performance comes three days after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in the second such weapons test in five days. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File)

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma and teammates celebrate their win in the VIVO IPL T20 cricket final match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad. (AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A., File)

A worker uses an electric cart to haul a load of ride-sharing bicycles along a street in Beijing. Figures released on Wednesday showed China's factory output and consumer spending weakened in April as a tariff war with Washington intensified, adding to pressure on Beijing to shore up shaky economic growth. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

An Indian woman displays indelible ink mark on her finger after casting vote standing in front of a mural depicting a scene from the Hindu epic Mahabharata in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

A child dressed in a traditional Chinese costume floats in the air, supported by a rig of hidden metal rods, during a parade on the outlying Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong to celebrate the Bun Festival. Thousands of local residents and tourists flocked to an outlying island in Hong Kong to celebrate a local bun festival on Sunday. The festival features a parade with children dressed as deities floated on poles. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)