An Indian vendor carried earthen pots in Siliguri, India.
Students walked across a new bridge over a river to get to school in Indonesia's Banten village. The new bridge replaced one that was damaged after flooding in January.
Burned Buddhist monks received treatment at a hospital after police fired water cannons and gas during a predawn crackdown on villagers and monks protesting against a Chinese-backed copper mine in northern Myanmar.
A bus was trapped in a sinkhole along East Zhongshan Road in Nanjing, China, near the construction site of a subway line. No casualties were reported.
A model presented a creation by Japanese designer Yumi Katsura during Japanese Couture Fashion Week at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands.
An Indian Hindu holy man looked on from the banks of a river in northern India.
Supporters of Park Geun-hye, the ruling Saenuri Party's presidential candidate, attended her election campaign in Seoul dressed in Santa suits.
Indian tourists walked past an archway at the Taj Mahal.
A woman's hair froze as heavy snowfall and temperatures plummeted in Hulun Buir, China, Thursday.
Japanese craftsman Sumikazu Nakata added the final touches on a Daruma doll, at his studio in Tokyo.
Indian policemen rushed an injured colleague for treatment after a clash with protesting teachers in Bhubaneswar, India. The protesters were demanding job security and a salary increase.
Japan Restoration Party leader and nationalist former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, left, and his deputy, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, right, took their seats at a news conference in Tokyo to unveil their party's election campaign platform.
A man read next to his makeshift bicycle-repair cart in front of a poster of a construction site in Beijing's central business district.
Members of Malaysia's ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) held placards supporting Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak during the opening of its annual gathering in Kuala Lumpur Thursday.