<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/568196afc08a80d7118b535f-2438-1625/rtx1q50l.jpg" alt="sumo conflict wrestle" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Thomas Peter" data-mce-caption="Sumo wrestlers of the senior division fight during a show competition promoting the sport at a department store in Tokyo August 29, 2015." /><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Thomas Peter</span></p><p class="caption">Sumo wrestlers of the senior division fight during a show competition promoting the sport at a department store in Tokyo August 29, 2015.</p></div><p></p></div></div>In 2015 India and Pakistan <a href="Peace talks between Pakistan and India collapsed before they even started" target="_blank">squared off</a> over the Kashmir region, the South China Sea remained an area of contention, and Russia continued its <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-putin-russia-did-have-people-in-ukraine-doing-certain-military-tasks-2015-12" target="_blank">aggression in Ukraine</a> and began a bombing campaign in Syria.</p><p>As the year comes to a close, here's 18 pictures from all across Asia:</p>

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18 striking photos of Asia from 2015

REUTERS/Thomas PeterSumo wrestlers of the senior division fight during a show competition promoting the sport at a department store in Tokyo August 29, 2015.In 2015 India and Pakistan squared off over the Kashmir region, the South China Sea remained an area of contention, and Russia continued its aggression in Ukraine and began a bombing campaign in Syria.As the year comes to a close, here's 18 pictures from all across Asia:

REUTERSThomas PeterSumo wrestlers of the senior division fight during a show competition promoting the sport at a department store in Tokyo August 29, 2015. In 2015 India and Pakistan squared off over the Kashmir region, the South China Sea remained an area of contention, and Russia continued its aggression in Ukraine and began a bombing campaign in Syria.

18 striking photos of Asia from 2015

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