Asia's week in pictures

BBC News Online looks at some of the most striking images from the last seven days in the Asia-Pacific region.

The sight of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi walking around freely brought new hope to her supporters.

Record numbers of Chinese flocked to tourist sites around the country encouraged by the week-long Labour Day holidays.

South Korea moved to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease by slaughtering thousands of pigs and disinfecting farms.

Buddhist monks in South Korea celebrated the Buddha's birthday and hoped for the country's success in the football World Cup.

Vietnam's former imperial city of Hue has been hosting an international cultural festival to show off its traditional arts.