Participants carry torches during a torchlight procession in the capital's main ceremonial square, a day after the ruling Workers' Party of Korea party wrapped up its first congress in 36 years, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on May 10, 2016. #

Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen addresses reporters after casting her ballot at a polling station during general elections in New Taipei City on January 16, 2016. She later won the election with more than 56% of the vote. #

A girl and a woman sit inside the car as firecrackers and fireworks explode celebrating the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey in Beijing just before midnight on February 7, 2016. #

A girl wears a virtual reality headset outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing after the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, China, on March 3, 2016. #

A railway worker looks out from inside a train arriving at the Beijing Railway Station during the Chinese Lunar New Year travel rush, as the annual Spring Festival holidays end, on February 14, 2016. #

A hostess wears a pin of China's Communist Party flag ahead of the closing ceremony of National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 16, 2016. #

Mega Souls performs on the stage of Mao Live House during the club's last public concert night in central Beijing on April 23, 2016. Mao Live House, a prominent live rock music venue in Beijing, shut its doors on the weekend, the latest closure to hit China's rock music scene. Owner Li Chi said the club, popular among fans of punk, metal and alternative rock since it opened nine years ago, was forced to close due to tighter rules on live performances. #

Children play in the kindergarden at Jangchon Vegetable Co-op farm during a government organised visit for foreign reporters just outside Pyongyang, North Korea, on May 4, 2016. #

A solider films military officers following a mass dance performance in the capital's main ceremonial square, a day after the ruling Workers' Party of Korea party wrapped up its first congress in 36 years, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on May 10, 2016. #

Performers wearing traditional clothes take pictures of themselves as they wait for delegations to arrive for traditional nomadic Naadam festival performance during the Asia-Europe Meeting summit just outside Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on July 15, 2016. #

Qiu Bai, a Chinese student who lodged a suit against the Ministry of Education over school textbooks describing homosexuality as a mental disorder, talks to reporters before going to the court in Beijing, China, on September 12, 2016. #

People take selfies in Tiananmen Square as they celebrate National Day marking the 67th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, on October 1, 2016. #

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has pictures taken with three girls as they attend the ceremony marking the anniversary of the Philippines Coast Guard in Manila, Philippines, on October 12, 2016. #

A policeman inspects the scene where the body of a man, who police said was a drug dealer shot dead during a drug buy-bust operation, lies on a street in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines on October 8, 2016. #

Friends and relatives of two cousins killed by masked gunmen wait for their coffins to arrive for a funeral at a cemetery in Manila, Philippines, on October 11, 2016. Gilbert Purgatorio and Gerard G. Cruz were killed by masked gunmen near their home on September 27, Gilbert's 27th birthday. #

Kasandra Kate, 12, cries over the open coffin of her father Verigilio Mirano during his funeral at Navotas Public Cemetery in Manila, Philippines, on October 14, 2016. #

Kasandra Kate, 12, cries over the open coffin of her father Verigilio Mirano during his funeral in Manila on October 14, 2016. According to a family member, Mirano, who was using drugs but stopped after Rodrigo Duterte became the president, was killed by masked gunmen at his home on September 27. #

A 17 year old girl lies dead next to her doll after she and her friend were killed by unknown motorcycle-riding gunmen, in an alley in Manila, Philippines, on October 26, 2016. According to the police, a sign on a cardboard reading "Tulak ka, hayop ka", which translates to "You are a (drug) pusher, you are an animal" was found with the body of girl's friend. #

A street food vendor prepares food for customers as heavy smog blankets Shengfang, in Hebei province, China, on an extremely polluted day with a red alert issued, on December 19, 2016. #

A performer makes a face for the camera as he and others wait for their turn to go onto stage at the Longtan park as the Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated in Beijing on February 9, 2016. #