Some 100 "koinobori" carp streamers fly over a river in the western Japan town of Kudoyama in Wakayama Prefecture on April 9, 2023. The windsocks will be on display through Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Tulips and cherry trees bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on April 10, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A welcome ceremony is held for new students at the University of Tokyo at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Plush toy versions of Myaku-Myaku, the mascot for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, are displayed in a special booth at a Kintetsu department store in the western Japan city of Osaka on April 12, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A child wears a face shield in Beijing on April 12, 2023, as a sandstorm hits the Chinese capital and sends the air pollution index soaring to the maximum level. (Kyodo)
A sandstorm darkens the sky over the Tiananmen Square in the Chinese capital Beijing on April 13, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People watch doll performances carried out on colorful floats during the Spring Takayama Festival in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on April 14, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Plush toy versions of Myaku-Myaku, the mascot for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, are displayed in a special booth at a Kintetsu department store in the western Japan city of Osaka on April 12, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
