内容摘要：Britain’s King Charles III, second from right, reaches out to greet the crowd as Queen Camilla stands beside him during their visit to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)

Britain’s King Charles III, second from right, reaches out to greet the crowd as Queen Camilla stands beside him during their visit to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)

Protesters celebrate at the Parliament House premise after news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Tuj Johora)Conservative groups supporting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol rally denouncing opposition parties’ lawmakers who demand impeachment of Yoon following his short-lived martial law declaration in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Conservative groups supporting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol rally denouncing opposition parties’ lawmakers who demand impeachment of Yoon following his short-lived martial law declaration in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)They recorded the toll of massive floods that struck countries including Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines.And they documented moments of joy as people gathered in celebrations: a rider in Inner Mongolia performing on horseback at a sports festival, thousands gathering to observe the Hindu festival of Holi and Pope Francis’ historic tour of the Indo-Pacific.

From the overthrow of a government to a leaf delicate cut into a work of art, this gallery records the region’s biggest events of the year and the small things that defined life for its people.An artist performs a horse riding skill in the “Historic ode to the horses”, a traditional horse riding show in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

An artist performs a horse riding skill in the “Historic ode to the horses”, a traditional horse riding show in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Debris surrounds a titled building a day after a powerful earthquake struck, in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan, April 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)Crows fly above multi-storey apartment buildings during a blackout in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine atAn insect hovers near flowers decorating the area around the holy remains of the patron saint of the Romanian capital Bucharest.

A municipal worker shows owlets rescued from a fallen tree after a powerful storm in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)A municipal worker shows owlets rescued from a fallen tree after a powerful storm in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)