Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
Photo taken May 28, 2022, shows a sign warning of land mines on a beach in Odesa, southern Ukraine, amid Russia's invasion of the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A woman walks with parasols in Osaka, western Japan, during hot weather on May 29, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People bathe at a beach at Kasai Marine Park in Tokyo during hot weather on May 29, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on May 30, 2022, shows "Edo Furin" Japanese style wind-bells at a workshop in Tokyo. The products, which have been handmade by artisans since Japan's Edo period, are meeting their peak production period ahead of full summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People wearing face masks for protection against the coronavirus walk by posters of candidates in Incheon, near Seoul, on June 1, 2022, the day of South Korean local elections and by-elections for parliamentary seats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Lee Jun Seok (C), chairman of South Korea's ruling People Power Party, and others celebrate in Seoul on June 1, 2022, as the party is projected to win more than half of the 17 metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial posts in the day's local elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on June 1, 2022, shows an arrival lobby for international flights at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo. Japan doubled its cap on daily arrivals to the country to 20,000 the same day as it continues to ease its strict border controls amid receding worries about the pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People walk in Shanghai on June 1, 2022, as the Chinese city lifted its two-month-long lockdown, allowing around 90 percent of its residents to leave home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People take photo in Shanghai on June 1, 2022, when the Chinese city lifted its two-month-long lockdown, allowing around 90 percent of its residents to leave home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People walk in costumes designed after the flag of the United Kingdom near Buckingham Palace in London on June 2, 2022, ahead of a Platinum Jubilee parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Daichi Kamada (2nd from L) of Japan scores a goal with a header in the first half of an international friendly against Paraguay, held in Sapporo, northern Japan, on June 2, 2022, as a warm-up for the World Cup finals opening in Qatar in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Related coverage:
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - May 21~27
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
