People light candles on a path leading to Okunoin temple during a candle festival in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Koya, western Japan, on Aug. 13, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People dance on the final day of the four-day Awa dance festival in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A ritual is held at the Mishima Taisha shrine in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Mishima, central Japan, on Aug. 16, 2022, to make the blowing power of fireworks ward off plague and bring happiness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People look at the ruins of the fire-hit Tanga market in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2022. A fire broke out on the night of Aug. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
(From L) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres attend a joint press conference in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Aug. 18, 2022, after holding talks on the Russia-Ukraine war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
