Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
The opening ceremony of the 95th spring invitational high school baseball tournament is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on March 18, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Trea Turner hits a grand slam in the eighth inning of the United States' World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, on March 18, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken March 19, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows snow removal work under way for the April 15 reopening of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, a snow-walled mountain sightseeing road connecting Toyama and Nagano prefectures in central Japan, after wintertime closure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Munetaka Murakami (R) is splashed with a sports drink by teammate Roki Sasaki after hitting a walk-off two-run double in the ninth inning of Japan's World Baseball Classic semifinal game against Mexico at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 20, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A Japan supporter cheers in the stands ahead of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 21, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) offers a silent prayer at a church in Bucha near the capital Kyiv during a visit to Ukraine on March 21, 2023. People killed in a massacre allegedly committed by Russian soldiers are buried at the church. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the end of a joint press conference in Kyiv on March 21, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on March 22, 2023, shows a weeping cherry tree in bloom at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People walk under cherry trees in full bloom at Tokyo's Ueno park on March 22, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A resident wearing a face mask walks through a thick layer of yellowish smog that has settled over Beijing on March 22, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Shohei Ohtani (C) and his teammates celebrate after Japan beat the United States to claim the World Baseball Classic championship at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 21, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan players gather around manager Hideki Kuriyama with the World Baseball Classic trophy after their victory over the United States at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 21, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan's Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara perform their free skate in the pairs competition at the figure skating world championships at Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo on March 23, 2023. (Kyodo)
Graduates dressed in kimono to attend their graduation ceremony take a commemorative selfie in front of the University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium on March 24, 2023, in Tokyo. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - March 11~17
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - March 4~10
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Feb. 25~March 3
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Feb. 18~24
