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

A spectator holds a camera to take a photo of Tokyo Olympics cycling track events on Aug. 7, 2021, at Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, the only indoor venue that admits spectators from the general public during the Tokyo Games amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Game officials keep face shields on for protection against the coronavirus during a basketball game of the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 7, 2021, at Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Fireworks soar above the National Stadium at the end of the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People take photos of fireworks near the National Stadium on Aug. 8, 2021, during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People pray at Urakami Cathedral in the vicinity of the U.S. atomic bombing hypocenter of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2021, the 76th anniversary of the attack in the closing days of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
The opening ceremony of this summer's National High School Baseball Championship is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Aug. 10, 2021, following the cancellation of the event last summer due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Paper lanterns are set along the Kanna River in the village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 11, 2021, the eve of the 36th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 passengers and crew. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Fireworks are set off on Aug. 11, 2021, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Fans wear T-shirts featuring Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 11, 2021, handed out to them ahead of a game between the Angels and the Toronto Blue Jays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo taken on Aug. 12, 2021, shows a life-size Lego model of Toyota Motor Corp.'s GR Supra sports car on display at Legoland Japan in Nagoya, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Children of displaced families fleeing the rapid advance of Taliban insurgents across Afghanistan are pictured in Kabul on Aug. 12, 2021. (Kyodo)
 
Photo taken on the evening of Aug. 12, 2021, shows a shooting star during the Perseid meteor shower as observed in Nayoro, northern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Heavy rain leaves a river swollen in Hiroshima on Aug. 13, 2021, with a road alongside it partially washed away, as Japanese weather authorities issued warnings across wide areas of the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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