Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
Fireworks light up the night sky of Daisen, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during the "spring chapter of Omagari fireworks" show on April 29, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Visitors look at colorful tulips at Tonami Tulip Fair in Tonami in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on May 1, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People play on a beach in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on May 3, 2023. The popular swimming beach, known for its white sand, opens the same day, the earliest among the beaches of the Japanese main island of Honshu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A sightseeing spot in China's Ningbo is crowded with tourists on May 1, 2023, as China enters the third day of the five-day May Day holiday following the lifting of a COVID-related mask rule on April 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The two-day Hakata Dontaku festival begins in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 3, 2023, with its main event parade held free of mask-wearing requirements and other COVID-related rules for the first time in four years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The two-day Hakata Dontaku festival begins in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 3, 2023, with its main event parade held free of mask-wearing requirements and other COVID-related rules for the first time in four years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People in favor of protecting the current Japanese Constitution stage a rally in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People in favor of revising the current Japanese Constitution gather in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A woman playing the role of the "Saio-dai" imperial princess in the annual Aoi festival in Kyoto arrives at Kamigamo Jinja, a Shinto shrine in the city on May 4, 2023, to attend a purification ritual held ahead of the festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese figure skater Shoma Uno performs at an ice show in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on May 3, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama performs at an ice show in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on May 3, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Former sekiwake Ichinojo attends a press conference at the Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 4, 2023, after announcing his retirement from sumo. The Mongolia-born 30-year-old cited his long struggle with lower back pain as a reason for finishing his career. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 22~28
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 15~21
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 8~14
