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Friday, 29 November, 2002, 15:46 GMT
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.

Wang Yuanchun (centre) and Liang Yuchun (right), both from Beijing in China, arrive at Trafalgar Square in central London, Thursday November 28, 2002, after being driven the 11,000 mile journey by Lon
Two Beijing residents arrived in London after a 13-week journey in one of London's famous black cabs.

A monkey eating fruit after finishing the soft drinks during a monkey feast at an ancient temple in Lopburi province, 115 kilometres (71 miles) north of Bangkok
Monkeys in Thailand were treated to a feast of fruit and soft drinks at an annual festival...

Thai people join up to conduct an outdoor public mass aerobics class,  a world record breaking 46,824 people participated in,  in Bangkok, 23 Nov 2002
... While Thai exercise enthusiasts joined the world's largest ever outdoor aerobics class.

South Koreans hold a memorial service for two teenage girls crushed to death by a US military vehicle in June.
South Korean anger at the acquittal of two US soldiers over the road deaths of two teenage girls continued unabated.

Separatist troops of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) at the perimeter around their camp in Batee Iliek, Aceh province, Indonesia
Hopes remained of a peace deal to end the separatist war in Indonesia's Aceh province, despite continued bloodshed.

Local firefighters discuss the situation of a burning freighter carrying nearly 4,000 vehicles off Izu-Oshima island, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002.
A fire on a car freighter grounded off an outlying Japanese island burned for 76 hours, destroying nearly 4,000 cars.
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