Asia's week in pictures

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

Malaysia's long-standing leader Mahathir tearfully announced he was retiring

Burma's generals burned tonnes of drugs to mark UN anti-narcotics day

Thai tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan wowed Wimbledon - before losing on Friday

Japanese school children finished making 10,000 paper cranes for the World Cup final

As in the song, eight laughing kookaburras on an old gum tree in Sydney, Australia