Editor's picks! The week that was in Asia: Catching a solar eclipse, protests on Christmas eve, and more

A roadside vendor holds a special filter and watches a partial solar eclipse in Hyderabad, India. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)

A child looks up at the sun wearing protective glasses to watch a solar eclipse from Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

An annular solar eclipse is seen through a safety glass from Siak, Riau province, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Rifka Majjid)

Cola, a 10-year-old female orangutan, waits in a cage to be sent back to Indonesia at a Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A protest organised against a new citizenship law that opponents say threatens India's secular identity in Bengaluru. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Brides sit for a mass wedding in Surat, India. More than a hundred couples tied the knot at the gathering. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Mountain climbers in Santa Claus outfits pose during an event to hope for safe climbing and to promote Christmas charity on the Buckhan mountain in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

An Indian Christian woman offers prayers at a church on Christmas in Gauhati. Christmas is a national holiday celebrated with much fanfare in India. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

People read the holy Quran as they pray at a mass grave site for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, commemorating 15 years of the disaster in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Nurhasanah)

People take photos of a 'Free HK' sign on a rally in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

People wearing masks stand during a rally to show support for Uighurs and their fight for human rights in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Residents react to teargas as police and protesters confront each other on Christmas Eve in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Japanese Ryota Murata and Canadian Steve Butler in a WBA middleweight world boxing title match in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. Murata won by a technical knockout. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)