A wisteria trellis is illuminated with about 300,000 LED lamps at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A Portugal supporter cheers ahead of a World Cup quarterfinal football match against Morocco at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 10, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People watch the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team fly over Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Dec. 11, 2022, marking the 50th anniversary of an ASDF base on the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People sweep away dust during year-end cleaning at Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Narita, near Tokyo, on Dec. 13, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Argentina's Lionel Messi (R) scores a first-half penalty, sending the ball past Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic into the upper right corner, during a World Cup semifinal football match at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on Dec. 13, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
U.S. President Joe Biden (C) signs landmark federal protections into law for same-sex marriage on Dec. 13, 2022, at the White House in Washington. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
An anti-base protester holds a sign that says "No military base for the future of our children" during a rally against the planned relocation of a U.S. base in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2022, exactly four years after offshore landfill work for the transfer began. The Japanese central government plans to transfer U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the Henoko district in Nago, both in the southern island prefecture in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A Geminid meteor shower is observed from Wakayama Prefecture's Kushimoto, the southernmost town on Japan's main island of Honshu, on Dec. 14, 2022. (Kyodo)
Sea fog blankets the surface of the sea off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on the morning of Dec. 15, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo shows a giant "ema" votive tablet featuring an illustration of rabbits at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2022, ahead of the start of the Year of Rabbit in 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the cruise ship Nippon Maru leaving Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People line up for fever outpatient services in a gym in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida shows his No. 7 jersey at an introductory press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 15, 2022, after joining the Boston Red Sox. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People protest against a tax hike plan for higher defense spending in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A Geminid meteor shower is observed from Wakayama Prefecture's Kushimoto, the southernmost town on Japan's main island of Honshu, on Dec. 14, 2022. (Kyodo)
Photo shows a giant "ema" votive tablet featuring an illustration of rabbits at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2022, ahead of the start of the Year of Rabbit in 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the cruise ship Nippon Maru leaving Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People line up for fever outpatient services in a gym in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People protest against a tax hike plan for higher defense spending in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida shows his No. 7 jersey at an introductory press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 15, 2022, after joining the Boston Red Sox. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Sea fog blankets the surface of the sea off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on the morning of Dec. 15, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
An anti-base protester holds a sign that says "No military base for the future of our children" during a rally against the planned relocation of a U.S. base in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2022, exactly four years after offshore landfill work for the transfer began. The Japanese central government plans to transfer U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the Henoko district in Nago, both in the southern island prefecture in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
U.S. President Joe Biden (C) signs landmark federal protections into law for same-sex marriage on Dec. 13, 2022, at the White House in Washington. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
