Japan and beyond: Week in Photos

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

Photo taken on Aug. 21, 2021, in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward shows an "oxygen station" for use by COVID-19 patients who have been recuperating at home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2021, shows traffic jam at the entrance of a military facility in an airport in Kabul on Aug. 23, 2021, following the Islamic militant group Taliban's recent return to power. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flying over central Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2021, ahead of the Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Children try boccia at the Tokyo Paralympic Fan Park on Aug. 24, 2021, wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus. Seen on the right is the games' mascot Someity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2021 (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

The cauldron is lit during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fireworks soar above the National Stadium in Tokyo as the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games is held without spectators from the general public amid the coronavirus pandemic on Aug. 24, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Australian cyclist Paige Greco competes en route to winning gold in the women's C1-3 3,000-meter individual pursuit at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 25, 2021, at Izu Velodrome in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Egypt's Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou plays against South Korea's Park Hong Kyu in the group round of the men's table tennis singles class 6 at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 25, 2021, at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Uchu Tomita (C) of Japan dives off the starting block in the men's S11 400-meter freestyle final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 26, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. He won silver. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Michinobu Fujita of Japan looks dejected after losing to Ammar Ali of Iraq in the preliminary pool round of the men's category B epee individual wheelchair fencing at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 26, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New Zealand players (facing cameras) perform the haka ahead of a wheelchair rugby pool phase match against Britain at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 26, 2021, at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People wait in line in front of a new COVID-19 vaccination site in Tokyo's Shibura Ward on Aug. 27, 2021 that allows those aged between 16 and 39 to be vaccinated without prior reservations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo