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

Australia's Ashleigh Barty reacts after defeating Danielle Collins of the United States in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Japanese speed skaters train at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Jan. 31, 2022, ahead of the Winter Olympics opening on Feb. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Sumo grand champion Terunofuji performs a ceremonial ring-entering ritual at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Feb. 1, 2022, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer searching for an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet that disappeared from radar the previous day over the Sea of Japan after taking off for training with two crew from its base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Traffic is scarce in Yangon in this photo taken from inside a vehicle on Feb. 1, 2022, the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Junya Ito (2nd from R) celebrates after scoring Japan's second goal during the second half of a Group B football match against Saudi Arabia on Feb. 1, 2022, at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, near Tokyo, in the final group-phase round of Asian qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
People wearing face masks walk in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Feb. 3, 2022, as Japan's daily COVID-19 cases exceed 100,000 for the first time the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (L) and sumo wrestler Takayasu (C) scatter roasted beans during the annual Setsubun event marking the turn from winter to spring at Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Narita, near Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
Japanese ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi trains for the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 3, 2022, at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
People protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics near the Chinese Consulate General in New York on Feb. 3, 2022, a day before the games' opening ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
The word "opening" is projected on a tower near the National Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 3, 2022, on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
 
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