IMAGES FROM AROUND ASIA

Models on the catwalk at Bangkok International Fashion Week

A replica of Michaelangelo’s David is dressed in a traditional Indonesian fabric at the National Museum of Singapore

Polo players fight for the ball in the 2008 King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament held in Chiang Rai, Thailand

A troupe of superfans dressed as action heroes watch the match at the annual Hong Kong Rugby Sevens

Chariowald the beagle effortlessly does the high jump in Tokyo’s Asian International Dog Show

A Vietnamese worker walks up a staircase formed out of sacks of rice. This year, the country is expected to export 1.5 million tonnes of rice

Performers warm up for the launching ceremony of the Olympic torch relay in Beijing