The settlements of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, one of the world's largest Tibetan Buddhism institutes, light up on July 27 in Sertar County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, China. (Photo by Getty Images)

A boy walks through debris and mud following floods brought by Typhoon Gaemi, in the city of Marikina, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on July 25. (Photo by Reuters)

ADD SECTIONThai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin leads his cabinet and government officials in saluting a portrait of Maha Vajiralongkorn during a ceremony to mark the Thai king's 72nd birthday at the royal grounds of Sanam Luang, outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok, on July 28. (Photo by Getty Images)

Honor guards carry a portrait of Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on a car as part of a procession during a two-day state funeral on July 26. Nguyen Phu Trong was a pivotal figure in Vietnam's political landscape, serving as the general secretary from 2011 until his death on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)

A girl holds a poster of Nguyen Phu Trong during a procession on July 26. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)

The coffin of Nguyen Phu Trong is carried through Hanoi on July 26. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)

A woman wears a hijab covered with mud following floods brought by Typhoon Gaemi, in Manila, the Philippines, on July 25. Flooding and landslides fhe storm left 22 people dead in the Philippines and three in Taiwan. More than 220 were reported injured. (Photo by Reuters)

Tree patterns take shape on the tidal flat along the Qiantang River after the tide ebbed on July 23 in Hangzhou, China's Zhejiang province. These "tidal trees" are natural phenomena that occur as the rise and fall of tides etch forest patterns on the mud flats. (Photo by Getty Images)

People relax near the Patuxai Victory Gate, a monument commemorating Laotian soldiers who died during World War II and the war of independence from France, in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25. (Photo by Reuters)

Japan's Olympic athletes wave from a boat traveling six kilometers down the Seine River and past famous tourist attractions such as the Louvre Museum. (Photo by Reuters)

Emergency personnel work at the accident site of a Saurya Airlines plane that caught fire after skidding off the runway while taking off from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 24. (Photo by Reuters)

Mount Merapi spews lava, a view taken in from the Turi district of the Sleman regency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on July 21. (Photo by Antara Foto/Reuters)

Fireworks explode in Tokyo during the Sumida River Fireworks Festival on July 27. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)