Climbers walk with torches in hand on Mt. Daisen in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, on June 3, 2023, the eve of a ceremony to pray for the safety of climbing ahead of the summer season. (Kyodo)
Children pray as candles are lit in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2023, as the city marks the 32nd anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo)
A man evacuates a cow in Kherson as the Ukrainian city is flooded following the breach of the Kakhovka dam in Kakhovka in the Kherson region on June 6, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Hydrangea flowers are lit up at Mimuroto temple in Uji in Kyoto on June 8, 2023, ahead of the start of a nighttime special light-up for the public on June 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
