Here is a selection of photos taken by Kyodo News photographers this week in Japan and beyond.

 
Nakamise shopping street in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people wearing masks on April 25, 2021. A third coronavirus state of emergency came into force the same day in the capital and the western Japan prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo amid a resurgence in infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani heads to the mound for the fifth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on April 26, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo taken in Osaka on April 26, 2021, shows a 10,000 yen gold coin (L) and a 1,000 yen silver coin to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's postal system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner passes through Aoshima shrine in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on April 26, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Vancouver Olympic figure skate silver medalist Mao Asada performs on the first day of a two-day ice show at Yokohama Arena near Tokyo on April 26, 2021. The ice show directed and staged by Asada has been held over 200 times across Japan in the past three years, with the April 27 show marking its finale. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo taken from the Chinese city of Dandong shows a North Korean soldier reading a book while patrolling the border with China on April 26, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
No spectators are allowed at a baseball game between the Orix Buffaloes and the Rakuten Eagles at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the western Japan city on April 27, 2021, under a coronavirus state of emergency in Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures as well as Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Mascot dolls are placed in the seats as no spectators are allowed at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the western Japan city on April 27, 2021, for a baseball game between the Orix Buffaloes and the Rakuten Eagles under a coronavirus state of emergency in Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Wisteria flowers grown by chief priest Shinyu Yoshimoto are in bloom on the premises of Juunji temple in Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on April 27, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Asuka Terada poses for a photo after setting Japan national record in 12.96 seconds in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Oda Memorial athletics meet at Edion Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima on April 29, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
This photo taken in the Osaka Prefecture city of Toyonaka, western Japan, shows a double rainbow in the early evening hours after rain on April 29, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo taken at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 30, 2021, shows cargo containing the first Japan-allocated batch of Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine unloaded from a Japan Airlines plane upon its arrival from Belgium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
 
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