Photo taken on March 12, 2023, shows the annual "omizutori" water-drawing fire ceremony at the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji-temple in Nara, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Li Qiang, a close ally of Xi and ranked No. 2 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, exchange words during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023. Li was elected premier during the session. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, gets presents including heart-shaped blocks of ice at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama in western Japan on March 14, 2023, Japan's "White Day," when men give candies to women in return for chocolates received a month earlier on Valentine's Day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A piloted demonstration flight of a one-person flying car is held at Osaka Castle Park in Osaka, western Japan, on March 14, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo shows a miniature of Tokyo's Shibuya scramble crossing at the Nagoya-based theme park Legoland Japan Resort's new "Miniland" area on March 16, 2023, unveiled to the media ahead of its official opening the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Mourners light candles in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on March 16, 2023, to mark the one-year anniversary of a Russian airstrike on a Mariupol drama theater where civilians were sheltering. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
