Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
A Danjiri float is pulled by neighborhood people through a street in Kishiwada in Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 17, 2022, as the two-day Danjiri festival began. It was the first time in three years that the traditional festival took place without COVID-19 restrictions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People line up for food in Balakliia in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Sept. 17, 2022, after the country recaptured the city from Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) is seated at a cockpit of a flying vehicle during a visit to a robot development lab in Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2022. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Local residents wave fishing flags in support of the first Tour de Tohoku cycling event on public roads since 2019 held in Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 18, 2022. The road race, aimed at supporting recovery from the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that hit the region, was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ==Kyodo
High waves pound the shore in Aki in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 19, 2022, as Typhoon Nanmadol moves across the Japanese archipelago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People leave bouquets of flowers in front of the British Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2022. The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled to be held at Westminster Abbey in London later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The procession carries the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in London on the day of her state funeral on Sept. 19, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan's Naomi Osaka plays in the women's singles first round against Daria Saville of Australia at the Toray Pan Pacific Open tournament on Sept. 20, 2022, at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan captain Maki Takada (far R) and other national team players pose for a photo in Sydney on Sept. 21, 2022, on the eve of the opening of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Kana Yamaguchi, 24, of Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, reacts in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2022, after being chosen to represent Japan in the 2022 Miss World international beauty pageant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. unveils its new ALOS-3 earth observation satellite, to be launched possibly within this year, at its Kamakura factory near Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Sept. 10~16
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Sept. 3~9
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Aug. 27~Sept. 2
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Aug. 20~26
