Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
A capybara eats grass in a carved pumpkin at World Freshwater Aquarium Aquatotto Gifu in the Gifu Prefecture city of Kakamigahara, central Japan, on Oct. 29, 2022, ahead of Halloween. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A 178-strong group of people all called Hirokazu Tanaka meet at a hall in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 29, 2022, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same first and last name. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
An annual water-discharge fire drill is held on Oct. 30, 2022, in Shirakawa-go, a World Heritage site famous for traditional "gassho-zukuri" thatched farmhouses in the Gifu Prefecture village of Shirakawa, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Equinox wins the autumn Tenno-sho at Tokyo Racecourse in the Japanese capital on Oct. 30, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Orix Buffaloes manager Satoshi Nakajima is tossed in the air by his players after the team claimed the Japan Series baseball title in Game 7 against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian holds a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Animation director Goro Miyazaki (far left) and officials take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 31, 2022, the day before Ghibli Park opens to the public. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A woman takes a selfie in front of a recreation from the movie "Castle in the Sky" in the Ghibli's Grand Warehouse area on Oct. 31, 2022, the day before the opening of Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Children climb on a fluffy cat bus from "My Neighbor Totoro" located inside the themed area Ghibli's Grand Warehouse on Nov. 1, 2022, the opening day of Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Visitors watch a whale shark swim in the main tank called Kuroshio Sea at Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Nov. 1, 2022. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, one of the largest aquariums in the world, is celebrating its 20th anniversary the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Hajime Moriyasu, manager of the Japanese men's national football team, is pictured after announcing his 26-man squad for the World Cup finals in Qatar at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen (C), formerly Ichikawa Ebizo, speaks to reporters at Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2022, in front of a stage curtain celebrating his assumption of his family's prestigious and centuries-old stage name of Danjuro. (Kyodo)
Photo taken Nov. 1, 2022, shows the site of the deadly crowd crush during Halloween festivities over the weekend in Seoul's Itaewon district. (Kyodo)
Flowers are placed on Nov. 2, 2022, in tribute to victims near the site of last weekend's deadly crowd crush during Halloween festivities in Seoul's Itaewon district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A hot air balloon flies over the southwestern Japan city of Saga, as the Saga International Balloon Fiesta begins on Nov. 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows hot air balloons flying over the southwestern Japan city of Saga, as the Saga International Balloon Fiesta begins on Nov. 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Hot air balloons reflect on the glassy surface of the Kase River in the southwestern Japan city of Saga, as the Saga International Balloon Fiesta begins on Nov. 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Gingko and maple trees at Shiramizu Amidado hall, an architectural national treasure located in Ganjoji Temple in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are lit up on Nov. 2, 2022. The "Amida Night" illumination event will be held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A test illumination is carried out at Eikando Zenrinji, a temple in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto, on Nov. 2, 2022. This year the event, in which about 3,000 maple trees are lit up at night, will be held from Nov. 5 to Dec. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Evacuees from Ukraine after Russian's invasion of their country currently studying at the Japan University of Economics in Dazaifu, southwestern Japan, perform traditional Japanese dance at a Noh stage in Fukuoka on Nov. 3, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Miyagi government officials watch a news report on ballistic missiles fired by North Korea, at the Miyagi government headquarters in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc.'s Queen Beetle high-speed ferry leaves Hakata port in Fukuoka in southwestern Japan for South Korea's Busan on Nov. 4, 2022. The ferry service connecting the two cities resumed the same day for the first time since March 2020 in line with the easing of Japan's coronavirus border restrictions last month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Oct. 22~28
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Oct. 15~21
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Oct. 8~14
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Oct. 1~7
