Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
Combined photo shows two-time Olympic men's all-around gymnastics champion Kohei Uchimura performing on all six apparatus during his retirement event at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on March 12, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku (C) delivers a speech on the opening day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 13, 2022. Spectators returned to the 15-day tourney in the western Japan city for the first time in three years amid COVID-19 concerns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on March 14, 2022, Japan's "White Day," when men give candies to women in return for chocolates received a month earlier on Valentine's Day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Members of bereaved families grieve before coffins at a church in Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 15, 2022. A funeral was held there for four members of the Ukrainian military killed by a Russian missile attack two days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A child with a toy rifle sits outside a church in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 16, 2022. (Kyodo)
Rolls of toilet paper printed with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin are displayed at a street stall in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 16, 2022. (Kyodo)
People wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus walk in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on March 16, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, speaks at her first press conference at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 17, 2022. The princess marked her coming of age when she turned 20 in December last year, but the customary press conference, usually held ahead of the birthday, was postponed to mid-March to avoid disrupting her studies. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A collapsed house is seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Kunimi in northeastern Japan on March 17, 2022, after a powerful earthquake struck the region the previous night. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Water is distributed in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Kunimi, northeastern Japan, on March 17, 2022, after water supplies in the area were cut following a powerful earthquake the previous night. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Universal Studios Japan in Osaka holds a ceremony marking the first anniversary of "Super Nintendo World" attraction based on Nintendo Co.'s "Super Mario Bros." game series on March 18, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Related coverage:
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - March 5~11
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Feb 26~March 4
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - February 19~25
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - February 12~18
