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Through the Lens: India-Pakistan tensions soar, long holidays in Asia and more
India and Pakistan have been trading attacks as tensions soar between the nuclear-armed neighbors in the disputed Kashmir region. A resident of Indian-controlled Kashmir reacts in his house damaged by cross-border shelling on May 7 near the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two nations. (Photo by Faisal Bashir/Getty Images)
Girls who were injured in cross-border shelling in India-controlled Kashmir receive treatment in a hospital on May 7. (Photo by Stringer/Reuters)
People view wreckage from an unidentified aircraft in Pampore, India, on May 7. (Photo by Faisal Khan/Getty Images)
Members of the media film inside a building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, on May 7. India attacked nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on that day, saying it was responding after gunmen killed over two dozen people, mostly Hindu tourists, in India-controlled Kashmir in late April.
(Photo by Stringer/Reuters)
Indian soldiers from the Border Security Forces patrol a forward post near the Line of Control in northern Kashmir on May 4. (Photo by Nasir Kachroo/Getty Images)
Passengers wait at Islamabad International Airport on May 8 after flight operations were suspended at major airports across the country amid the Pakistan-India tensions. (Photo by Sohail Shahzad/EPA/Jiji)
A screen in Islamabad displays images of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, and the country's army chief, Gen. Syed Asim Munir, on May 8. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Jiji)
A woman in Indian-administered Kashmir stands outside her house after it was destroyed by Pakistani artillery shelling on May 8. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Jiji)
Pierced glass is pictured at a house in Indian-administered Kashmir on May 8. (Photo by Muzamil Mattoo/Getty Images)
Debris is inspected after an Indian drone strike on Karachi, Pakistan, on May 8. (Photo by Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Villagers in India-administered Kashmir wail outside a house damaged in cross-border shelling from Pakistan on May 8. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/Jiji)
People in Chaman, Pakistan, step on an Indian flag during a rally on May 8. (Photo by Akhtar Gulfa/EPA/Jiji)
Pigeons fly in Srinagar in India's Jammu and Kashmir on May 8. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/Getty Images)
Students participate in a civil defense drill at a school in New Delhi on May 7 to test and enhance emergency preparedness. (Photo by Imtiyaz Khan/Getty Images)
Activists wave Indian national flags and display banners during a protest against Pakistan on May 8 in New Delhi. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)
A vendor in India's Amritsar displays newspapers on May 8 with frontpage articles on the tensions with Pakistan. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP/Jiji)
Long holidays in Asia
Japan
Carp streamers fly above a field in Japan's Higashimatsushima on May 5. The city was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, with the event started to mourn victims. (Photo by (Kyodo)
Carp streamers flutter in the wind over the Jozankei hot spring resort in Japan's Hokkaido ahead of Children's Day, which fell on on May 5. (Kyodo)
Hong Kong
People take part in an annual "bun scrambling" competition during the Cheung Chau Bun Festival in Hong Kong on May 6. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Tourists take photos during the Cheung Chau Bun Festival in Hong Kong on May 6. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A woman wears a traditional costume during the bun festival in Hong Kong on May 6. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Fireworks explode at the end of the "bun scrambling" competition on May 6. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Diners enjoy food at a Hong Kong restaurant during the Cheung Chau Bun Festival. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Buns are sold at a local restaurant during the Cheung Chau Bun Festival on May 5 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
China
Tourists wearing traditional Chinese costume take selfies at Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai on May 1. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Nanjing Street, a popular shopping spot in Shanghai, is packed with tourists as a long holiday begins in China on May 1. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
