Pro-choice protesters pose for a photo with placards during a rally in Washington on Oct. 8, 2022, exactly a month ahead of midterm elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Kochia, also known as summer cypress, turn scarlet at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 9, 2022, as autumn approached. (Kyodo)
Pacific sauries, a popular autumn fish in Japan, are chargrilled at the Meguro "sanma" festival in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2022. (Kyodo)
People dance on the night of Oct. 10, 2022, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Oct. 10, 2022, shows a building partially destroyed in Russia's missile attacks earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People remove wreckage on a street in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Oct. 10, 2022, after Russia's missile attacks earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A large screen on a street in Beijing on Oct. 12, 2022, shows Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the seventh plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party's 19th Central Committee the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Candles are lit up on a test basis at Myoshin-ji temple in Kyoto on Oct. 13, 2022, a day ahead of the start of a special nighttime visitation event through Oct. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A commemorative train leaves JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2022, marking the 150th anniversary of the launch of Japan's first railway. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Travelers arrive from overseas at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 11, 2022. (Kyodo)
