Photo taken by a Kyodo News reporter aboard a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter shows vessels taking part in an international fleet review in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2022, including the MSDF destroyer Asahi (front). Twelve countries took part in the international fleet review, being held in Japan for the first time since 2002. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Houston Astros players celebrate with the trophy as they win their second World Series title with a 4-1 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 on Nov. 5, 2022, at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2022, in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, shows graffiti resembling British street artist Banksy's work, although not verified, that has appeared near Independence Square. When viewed from a particular angle, with a cleverly positioned prop, the art drawn on concrete barricades looks like two children playing on a seesaw. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Runners in the first Beijing Marathon in three years set off at Tiananmen Square on Nov. 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken Nov. 6, 2022, shows the season's first catch of snow crabs landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2022, which is ritto, or beginning of winter in the lunar calendar, shows swans flying over Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The lake is now home to more than 6,000 migrating swans that started arriving from Siberia in early October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A calligrapher uses a mixture of sake and ink to write the names of kabuki performers on a "maneki" wooden signboard, to be displayed at the Minamiza Theater in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 7, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People watch Tokyo Disneyland's Christmas parade at the theme park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People line up for PCR tests in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2022, as authorities impose strict travel restrictions under the central government's zero COVID-19 policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken in Qatar's capital Doha on Nov. 10, 2022, shows a street display representing the national flags of countries participating in the World Cup finals near Lusail Stadium, the venue of the football tournament's final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A 30-meter-high Christmas tree is unveiled to the media at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Nov. 10, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese icebreaker Shirase departs from Tokyo International Cruise Terminal in the country's capital on Nov. 11, 2022, for an expedition to Antarctica. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi (C) is surrounded by reporters as he arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2022, to submit a letter of resignation after coming under fire over remarks widely seen as making light of his role in authorizing executions of death-row inmates. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 8, 2022, shows the Moon during a total lunar eclipse occurring at the same time as a lunar occultation of Uranus (seen at the bottom of the Moon), a celestial event that has not occurred in 442 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi (C) is surrounded by reporters as he arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2022, to submit a letter of resignation after coming under fire over remarks widely seen as making light of his role in authorizing executions of death-row inmates. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
