Sri Lankan monks gather for an election event in a Colombo suburb on Aug. 23. Sri Lanka's first presidential election since an economic crisis tipped the government into turmoil two years ago will be held on Sept. 21. Nearly 17 million of the nation's 22 million people are eligible to vote. Photo by Shinya Sawai

Foreign tourists pose for photos at the famed temple of Wat Arun in Bangkok on Aug. 21. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

Suga of the K-pop boy band BTS, charged with drunken driving, arrives at a police station for questioning in Seoul on Aug. 23. Photo by Reuters

Slackline walkers compete at the Huangshizhai scenic spot in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park on Aug. 24 in China's Hunan province. A total of 21 slackline walkers took part in the high-altitude competition. (Photo by Getty Images)

Milu deer run in China's Tiaozini coastal wetland on Aug. 23 in Yancheng, Jiangsu province. (Photo by Getty Images)

Jessy Lira, the Miss International Queen contestant from Brazil, speaks during a backstage interview before the final on Aug. 24 in Pattaya, Thailand. Miss International Queen is the largest and most prestigious transgender beauty pageant. (Photo by Getty Images)

New recruits in the Bamar People's Liberation Army exercise during a training session at a camp in territory belonging to the Karen National Liberation Army in Myanmar's Karen state. A dense bamboo forest in rebel-held territory surrounds the training ground in eastern Myanmar where more than 100 young people, mostly in their 20s, are undergoing rigorous military drills. (Photo by Reuters)

A tractor carries Bangladeshis down a street amid severe flooding in Feni on Aug. 25. (Photo by Reuters)

The shinkansen train known as "Dr. Yellow" speeds past sunflowers in Japan's Gifu prefecture. The train will be retired due to its age and declining condition. (Photo by Kyodo)

A Cambodian girl uses her phone at her family's meat shop in the Khlong Toei district of Bangkok, the city's biggest slum area, on Aug. 18. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

Tourists stroll through a bustling night market in Wuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China on Aug. 24. (Photo by Getty Images)

Foreign tourists take in Pub Street, the famous night district in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap, on Aug. 20. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

A "supermoon" rises over the Longquan Mountain Observation Deck on Aug. 19 in Chengdu in China's Sichuan province. (Photo by Getty Images)

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