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

A player of France scores a try during a Tokyo Olympics rugby sevens match at Tokyo Stadium on July 31, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
People pose for a photo at monuments of Miraitowa (L) and Someity, the official mascots of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, on July 31, 2021, in Tokyo's Koto Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo journalists set up their cameras near the finish line of the men's 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2021, ahead of the start of the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
A photo taken on Aug. 1, 2021, shows Tokyo Olympic officials playing fencing with balloon swords after completing their duties on the final day of fencing events at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico smiles with her gold medal for the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 2, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 3, 2021, shows the site of a huge mudslide that occurred a month earlier in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan, following heavy rainfall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
A table tennis team staff member cools his head with an ice pack wrapped in a cloth with a German flag pattern at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2021, shows Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima two days ahead of the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Children practice skateboarding at a facility dedicated to the sport in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Aug. 4, 2021, as skateboarding has become an Olympic event of the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Swimmers make a start in the men's 10-kilometer marathon swimming at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 

The U.S. and South Korean teams line up prior to their semifinal game of the Tokyo Olympic baseball tournament on Aug. 5, 2021, at Yokohama baseball stadium near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Arina Averina of the Russian Olympic Committee competes during the individual all-around qualification in rhythmic gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6, 2021, at Ariake Gymnastics Centre. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People pray at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2021, the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

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