Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
March 23
March 24
Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi, winner of two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, earns a chance to defend her Olympic 200-meter individual medley title in Paris. She won the women's 200-meter individual medley final at the games qualifying trials at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. (Kyodo)
March 25
March 27
March 28
March 29
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - March 16-22
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - March 9-15
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - March 2-8
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Feb. 24 - March 1