Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after winning the men's singles final against Nick Kyrgios of Australia at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on July 10, 2022. Djokovic won his fourth straight and seventh overall Wimbledon title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Election officials count votes in Tokyo for Japan's House of Councillors election on July 10, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Posters of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are seen at an office of a ruling Liberal Democratic Party candidate in Yamaguchi, western Japan, during the House of Councillors election on July 10, 2022. Abe was shot dead during a stump speech two days before the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A woman looks at a picture of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at an altar set up at Zojoji temple in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. A night vigil for Abe was held at the temple the same day, following the fatal shooting of him during upper house election campaigning in Nara, western Japan, on July 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People sit beside a swimming pool in the compound of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo on July 13, 2022, after the president fled the country to the Maldivian capital Male following pressure from anti-government protesters amid the economic crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A currency monitor at a foreign exchange house in Tokyo on July 14, 2022, shows the dollar spurting to the lower 139 yen range. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits off the 18th tee during the first round of the British Open golf championship on July 14, 2022, at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
White-robed men hold up flaming torches during an annual fire festival at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Nachikatsuura, western Japan, on July 14, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People stroll by a giant decorated float in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 14, 2022, ahead of a parade being held on July 17 as part of the Gion Festival following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A decorated float moves through the compounds of Kushida shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka during the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival's Oiyama event on the early morning of July 15, 2022. It is the first time the event has been held in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - July 2~8
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - June 25~July 1
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - June 18~24
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - June 11~17
