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

A snowboarder performing a trick is reflected in a person's sunglasses during the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 12, 2022, in the Chinese capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
The Beijing Olympics' official mascot Bing Dwen Dwen is surrounded by reporters at the main media center for the Winter Games in Beijing on Feb. 12, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan competes in the first round of the men's large hill individual ski jumping at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 12, 2022, at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou, China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Shogi player Sota Fujii meets the press in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Feb. 13, 2022, a day after beating defending champion Akira Watanabe in Game 4 of the best-of-seven Osho championship to claim his fifth major shogi title. At 19 years and six months, Fujii became the youngest player in history to hold five out of shogi's eight major titles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Hikonyan, the mascot for Hikone city in Shiga Prefecture, poses in the western Japan city on Feb. 14, 2022, with chocolate and other Valentine's Day gifts sent from across Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
South Korean curler Kim Eun Jung throws a kiss at a camera after leading her team to a 10-5 win over Japan in a round-robin match at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 14, 2022, at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Jamaican bobsleigh racer Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian competes in the women's monobob at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 14, 2022, at the National Sliding Centre in the Yanqing competition zone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo taken Feb. 14, 2022, shows a field of rape blossoms at Nagisa Park in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu speaks at a press conference in Beijing during the Winter Olympics on Feb. 14, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Japanese speed skaters (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Nana Takagi compete in the women's team pursuit final against Canada at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Composite photo shows Japanese snowboarder Reira Iwabuchi performing a trick (R to L) on her third run in the women's big air final at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 15, 2022, at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Alexandra Trusova of the Russian Olympic Committee performs in the women's figure skating free program at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 17, 2022, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Switzerland (white) and Japan meet in the women's curling round-robin round at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 17, 2022, at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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