Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
"Momoiro Toiki" flowers, a type of pink petunia, are in full bloom at Mother Farm in Futtsu in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 4, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken Sept. 4, 2022, shows a fallen roadside tree in strong winds brought by Typhoon Hinnamnor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Giant panda Rauhin is pictured on Sept. 6, 2022, her 22nd birthday, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, with ice blocks shaped in the form of the number 22 given as a present. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The season's first catch of red snow crabs is auctioned after being landed at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken Sept. 6, 2022, shows a baseball card featuring Los Angeles Angels' two-way player Shohei Ohtani. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese (L) and Dutch flower artists compete in an ikebana contest on Japan National Day at Floriade Expo 2022, a world horticulture exhibition, in Almere, the Netherlands, near Amsterdam, on Sept. 7, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the yen falling to the 144 range against the U.S. dollar, a level unseen for about 24 years, on Sept. 7, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People protest in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2022, against the state funeral for the assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The public is split over the state funeral scheduled for Sept. 27, given Abe's divisive political legacy and scandals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (3rd from R) speaks during a Japan-India foreign and defense ministerial meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2022. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (4th from L) and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (4th from R) can be seen in the meeting. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese yachtman Kenichi Horie holds a Guinness World Records certificate during a ceremony on his 84th birthday on Sept. 8, 2022, in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, for becoming the oldest person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Britain's flag flies at half-staff outside the British Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2022, following the death the previous day of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, 96, after 70 years on the throne. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on Sept. 9, 2022, shows flowers and a letter placed in front of the British Embassy in Tokyo, following the death the previous day of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, 96, after 70 years on the throne. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Aug. 27~Sept. 2
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