Asia's week in pictures

Asia's week in pictures

1 of 6 Hong Kong continued to battle a fierce respiratory bug which left hundreds of people unwell

2 of 6 Fears of the bug have spread to elsewhere in the region, including Taiwan, which has reported 10 suspected cases

3 of 6 China suffered yet another accident in one of its mines - a gas explosion killed 28 people and trapped 44 others

4 of 6 Six tonnes of turtles were found by customs officers in Hanoi, smuggled on a flight from Malaysia

5 of 6 Protests against the war in Iraq continued throughout the region - in Sydney, riot police were hit with flying chairs

6 of 6 Elsewhere there were more unusual protests against the war - these rice crackers and lighters are from Taiwan and South Korea