Tens of thousands of Rohingya have been forced from their homes in Myanmar to find refuge in Bangladesh. Thai ambassador to Israel Pannabha Chandraramya, left, arrives at a military helicopter carrying five Thai hostages released from Gaza on 30 January Nina Chetniphat Chuadkhunthod, a transgender woman, and her husband have been together for 22 years, and were finally allowed to get married legally in Thailand on Thursday.
A couple poses for pictures at a marriage registration event at Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok on 23 January Pedestrians walk past activists taking part in a sit-in to raise awareness on gender-based violence in Jakarta on 10 December Handout photo from 11 January shows a Chinese coast guard ship sailing some 60 nautical miles west of the main Philippine island of Luzon.
This picture shows a sex worker waiting for customers during day time at a public park in downtown Hanoi. People douse flames after an airstrike by the military in Kyauk Ni Maw village of Ramree township in Rakhine state, Myanmar, on Wednesday. People attend mass prayers commemorating the years anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh.
Arnon Nampa, a human rights activist and a key protest leader is seen wearing wizard cloak, while giving speech during the Harry Potter-themed protest in Bangkok. Mary Jane Veloso is reunited with her sons and her father in Manila, Philippines, on 18 December A resident inspects destroyed house in Santa Ana town, Cagayan province, north of Manila on 8 November , following Typhoon Yinxing hitting the province. Thailand has sentenced a man to over years in prison for grooming and sexually assaulting an underage boy.
The eruption at the summit of Kanlaon volcano is seen from Mansalanao in the Negros Occidental province of the Philippines on 9 December An aerial view shows houses surrounded by floodwaters after heavy rain in Pasir Mas, Malaysia, on 3 December A baby sea turtle heads towards ocean waters at Punta Chame beach in Panama on 16 November File: Hikers take photos at a viewing deck at the summit of the Hallasan volcano, or Mount Halla, on Jeju island.
