Paper lanterns are lit near the memorial monument for victims of 2014 mudslides in Hiroshima that claimed 77 lives, in the early hours of Aug. 20, 2022, the eighth anniversary of the tragedy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Combined photo shows participants at a cosplay contest held in Ulaanbaatar on Aug. 21, 2022, to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Mongolia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The Yangtze in Chongqing, China, is partially dried up on Aug. 23, 2022, as the summer heatwave continues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People cool off after sunset next to a partially dried tributary of the Yangtze in Chongqing, China, on Aug. 23, 2022, as the summer heatwave continues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People wearing face masks walk in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 23, 2022, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A woman holds Ukraine's national flag beside a destroyed Russian tank in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Aug. 24, 2022, the 31st anniversary of the country's independence from the Soviet Union. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People protest against Russia near its embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2022, a half year into the country's invasion of Ukraine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken Aug. 24, 2022, shows a warning signboard in the Henoko coastal area of the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nago, southern Japan, where land reclamation work continues for the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
North Korean soldiers offer flowers at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Aug. 25, 2022, the 62nd anniversary of the beginning of former leader Kim Jong Il's "military-first leadership." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
North Korean citizens dance in Pyongyang on Aug. 25, 2022, the 62nd anniversary of the beginning of former leader Kim Jong Il's "military-first leadership." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A visitor takes picture of a statue symbolizing "comfort women" forced to work in the Japanese military's wartime brothels at the just-started four-day Non-Freedom of Expression Exhibition in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 25, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (top) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during a rehearsal for a Friends on Ice show in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese figure skater Shoma Uno performs during a rehearsal for a Friends on Ice show in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
