Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo performs at the topmost point of the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower on May 22, 2022, during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the tower's opening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, R) and U.S. President Joe Biden (C, L) hold talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
(From L) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave ahead of their talks at a summit of the "Quad" group of Indo-Pacific democracies in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi feed the carp in a pond at the State Guest House in Tokyo following their meeting there on May 24, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People from the United States taking part in a Japanese government-organized test inbound tour arrive at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo on May 24, 2022. Participated in by six people from Hawaii and one from Los Angeles, the test tour, the first of its kind, was conducted for Japan's gradual reopening to tourists from June after the number of Japan-bound travelers dwindled significantly following temporary COVID-19 border restrictions in December 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a barge operated by a salvage company lifting a sunken tour boat (front) to the sea surface from a depth of about 180 meters off Shari on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The tour boat, which sank in late April with 26 people aboard, dropped back to the seabed while being towed by the salvage company on May 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken May 26, 2022, shows operations under way by a barge (C) to salvage a sunken tour boat from a depth of about 180 meters off Shari on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The tour boat, which sank in late April with 26 people aboard, dropped back to the seabed while being towed by the barge operated by a salvage company on May 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 27, 2022, shows a sunken tour boat covered with a blue tarpaulin off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan. It is being transported to the port of Abashiri after an initial attempt to salvage the vessel, which went missing in late April with 26 people aboard, resulted in it sinking to a depth of about 180 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A pair of Yubari melons fetch 3 million yen ($23,550) in Sapporo, northern Japan, on May 26, 2022, at the year's first auction for the signature product of the Hokkaido city of Yubari. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo shows Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 25, 2022, a day after 19 children and two adults were killed in a mass shooting at the school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Related coverage:
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - May 14~20
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - May 7~13
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 30~May 6
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 23~29
