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In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, file photo, a wallet belonging to a victim of the Lion Air passenger jet that crashed is seen in the waters of Ujung Karawang, West Java, Indonesia. The Lion Air flight crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on Monday in a blow to the country's aviation safety record after the lifting of bans on its airlines by the European Union and U.S. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

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In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, file photo, a relative prays as she and others wait for news on a Lion Air plane that crashed off Java Island at Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia. Indonesia disaster agency says that the Lion Air Boeing 737-800 plane crashed into the sea shortly after it left Indonesia's capital Monday morning. (AP Photo/Hadi Sutrisno, File)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, file photo, the Statue of Unity is seen at dusk at Kevadiya Colony in Narmada district of Gujarat State, India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled the towering bronze statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a key independence leader being promoted as a national icon in the ruling party's campaign ahead of next year's general elections. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)

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In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, walks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, members of an honor guard hold flags as they wait for the arrival of visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, construction crew members use basket cranes to work on an elevated area inside the terminal building at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing. The airport, which is scheduled to open in 2019, will be one of the world's largest airports when it is completed, and authorities hope it will relieve congestion at Beijing's two existing commercial airports. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, two women pose with cutouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, during a photo exhibition on South and North Korea summit in Seoul, South Korea. The North and South Korean militaries agreed Friday to completely destroy 11 front-line guard posts by the end of November as they discussed their next steps in implementing a wide-ranging military agreement signed last month to reduce tensions. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, file photo, firefighters extinguish a large fire in a slum in Mumbai, India.

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, file photo, a boy sits on the tomb of deceased relative ahead of All Saints Day during a downpour in Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, file photo, a Nepalese farmer harvests his paddy in Chaukot, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. Agriculture is the main source of food, income, and employment for the majority of people in this Himalayan nation. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, file photo, a woman colors earthen lamps ahead of Diwali festival in Jammu, India. People buy these lamps to decorate their homes during the annual Hindu festival of lights, which will be celebrated on November 7. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

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In this Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, file photo, a mule stands next to color patterns painted on a school wall in New Delhi, India. The animal is used for transporting construction material and other goods. (AP Photo/R S Iyer, File)

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In this Oct. 27, 2018, file photo, New Zealand's Ben Smith scores the All Blacks fourth try against the Wallabies during their Bledisloe Cup rugby test at the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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In this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, file photo, Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis dives in an unsuccessful attempt to catch the ball after a shot played by England's Jason Roy during the Twenty20 international cricket match between Sri Lanka and England in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

By Associated Press All Regions

PUBLISHED 2:14 PM ET May. 09, 2019

A Lion Air plane crashed into the Java Sea on Monday, just minutes after taking off from Jakarta, and a massive search effort has found personal items and parts of the plane in the water. Relatives of the 189 people on board have submitted DNA for testing to identify their loved ones.

In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, India unveiled a towering bronze statue of key independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat state. The Statue of Unity is one of the tallest in the world, almost 10 stories higher than the Spring Temple Buddha statue in China and nearly twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the first formal visit to Beijing by a Japanese leader in nearly seven years, with Chinese President Xi Jinping telling him their two countries of late share "more common interests and concerns."

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This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Wally Santana in Bangkok.

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