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

Shohei Ohtani (bottom) of the Los Angeles Angels fails to steal second base in the eighth inning of a game against the Texas Rangers on Sept. 4, 2021, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Shingo Kunieda of Japan plays against Tom Egberink of the Netherlands in the men's wheelchair tennis singles final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 4, 2021, at Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Iranian players celebrate with the national flag after winning the men's sitting volleyball final against the Russian Paralympic Committee at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 4, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Performers take part in the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Fireworks soar during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Giant panda Rauhin celebrates her 21st birthday on Sept. 6, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo taken Sept. 6, 2021, shows F-35B fighter jets on the deck of British aircraft carrier the Queen Elizabeth at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
The season's first catch of red snow crabs is landed at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a patrol plane that veered off the runway and stopped on the grass at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Gifu Base in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
A woman walks past a signboard celebrating the 73rd anniversary of North Korea's founding on Sept. 9, 2021, in Pyongyang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
A woman walks in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Sept. 9, 2021, after the government's decision to extend the COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other prefectures through Sept. 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
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