Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
People cool off inside Kaiyukan aquarium on a sweltering hot day in Osaka on July 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People cool off inside Kaiyukan aquarium on a sweltering hot day in Osaka on July 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Composite photo shows Rikuto Tamai of Japan performing in the men's individual 10-meter platform diving final at the FINA world aquatics championships in Budapest on July 3, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
KDDI Corp. President Makoto Takahashi (R) bows in apology for the nationwide disruption of the company's mobile network at a press conference on July 3, 2022, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Mao Asada, the 2010 Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2022, on her new ice show called, "Beyond," beginning in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Students listen to an online lecture by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Toyo University's Hakusan Campus in Tokyo on July 4, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A young skateboarder tries out a course at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo as it is shown to the press on July 4, 2022. The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to expand the park, which was used as the venue for Tokyo Olympic skateboarding events, into a urban sports center that will possibly open in March 2024 for bouldering and 3x3 basketball as well as skateboarding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Miki Sudo (C) celebrates after winning the women's division of the annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest for the eighth time on July 4, 2022, in New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A high school student looks at wishes written on strips of paper called "tanzaku" attached to bamboo for the "tanabata" Star Festival in the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, western Japan, on July 5, 2022, before the fourth anniversary the next day of torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides, claiming the lives of 304 people in 14 prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People take PCR tests for the novel coronavirus in Shanghai on July 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Nagoya-based theme park Legoland Japan Resort reveals a new attraction featuring a huge pool and a maze to the media in the central Japan city on July 7, 2022, ahead of its opening the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida bumps fists with voters in Kobe, western Japan, on July 7, 2022, after making a speech ahead of the House of Councillors election on July 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People wearing face masks walk in Tokyo's Shibuya area on July 7, 2022, amid resurging COVID-19 cases (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) prepares to bat in the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles on July 7, 2022, at Oriole Park in Baltimore, Maryland. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Copies of an extra edition of a newspaper is handed out to pedestrians in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 8, 2022, after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot by a gunman while making a stump speech in Nara for the July 10 House of Councillors election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Investigators work around the scene where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot from behind by a man wielding a shotgun in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022. Abe was giving a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election at the time of the attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
An emergency team pushes a stretcher believed to be bearing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, on July 8, 2022. Abe was shot while making a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken in Beijing on July 8, 2022, shows China Central Television reporting on the news that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot earlier in the day in Nara, western Japan, while delivering a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
