Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
Japan's Yukiko Inui performs in the women's solo technical routine final in artistic swimming at the world championships in Budapest on June 18, 2022. (Kyodo)
People in support of the LGBTQ community wave flags on June 19, 2022, from a cruise ship around the Nakanoshima sandbank in Osaka to mark the recent opening of Pride Center Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Tokyo Skytree is lit up in blue on June 20, 2022, World Refugee Day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao (R) and Lei Lei (L) and their mother Shin Shin (C) are pictured at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on June 20, 2022, three days before the twin's first birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, shows off his medal at the venue of an auction in New York on June 20, 2022. The medal was auctioned off for $103.5 million, with the money to be used for children displaced by the ongoing war in Ukraine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on June 20, 2022, shows the Nobel Peace Prize medal belonging to Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, at the venue of an auction in New York. The medal, awarded to Muratov in 2021, was auctioned off for $103.5 million, with the money to be used for children displaced by the ongoing war in Ukraine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on June 20, 2022, shows war-displaced people living at a meeting room of a condominium used as their accommodation facility in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A war-displaced man works at an industrial parts factory in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, on June 22, 2022. The factory was moved to the city together with the man from an area of a fierce battle against Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A large roadside screen in Osaka displays news on June 21, 2022, that official campaigning for Japan's House of Councillors election will start the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A man prays in a cave in Itoman, Okinawa, on June 23, 2022, as Okinawa marks the 77th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People visit the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, on June 23, 2022, as Okinawa marks the 77th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Related coverage:
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - June 11~17
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - June 4~10
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - May 28~June 3
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - May 21~27
