Through the Lens: Japan ruling party’s election blow, a Thai royal birthday and more

A woman accompanied by her children votes in the general election at a Tokyo polling station on Oct. 27. (Photo by Reuters)

Election officers in Tokyo count ballots for the election on Oct. 27. (Photo by Reuters)

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and other officials from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) prepare to face the media in the Japanese capital on Oct. 27. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)

Prime Minister Ishiba listens to a reporter’s question at the LDP’s headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 27. The party and its coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in the lower house election. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)

The names of winning candidates are displayed at the Constitutional Democratic Party's election center in Tokyo on Oct. 27. The leading opposition CDP won 148 seats out of 465, and was scrambling to assemble a coalition to secure a majority. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

The CDP’s Harumi Yoshida receives a bouquet of flowers after she was projected to win a key Tokyo district. (Photo by Takuya Fujiwara)

CDP leader Yoshihiko Noda responds during a live TV interview at the party's election center in Tokyo on Oct. 28.  (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

The LDP’s Tamayo Marukawa, a former Olympics minister, speaks to reporters in Tokyo after she was projected to lose her seat in the lower house. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)

Ishiba pauses during a media conference on Oct. 28, a day after Japan's lower house election. (Photo by Reuters)

Ohtani, center, celebrates with his teammates after winning the World Series against the New York Yankees on Oct. 30 in New York. (Photo by AP)

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates the team’s win against the New York Yankees in Game 5 to win the baseball World Series on Oct. 30 in New York. (Photo by AP)

Police and other officials stand at the site of a fatal road accident in Taiping, Malaysia, on Oct. 24. (Photo by JBPM Perakt via Reuters)

A Thai royal barge procession passes down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok on Oct. 27 to mark the 72nd birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn. (Photo by Getty Images)

King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida Tidjai sit in their royal barge during the river procession in Thailand’s capital. (Photo by Getty Images)

People wave flags as they wait to see the barge procession. (Photo by Getty Images)

One Bangkok, a multifaceted leisure and lifestyle complex opens on Oct. 25. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

Vietnamese mother and son play chess in Ho Chi Minh city on Oct. 29. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

A visitor takes a selfie in an art installation featuring nearly 300 cartoon-style pandas in Hangzhou, China, to mark International Panda Day on Oct. 27. (Photo by Getty Images)

Panda cub Qisanmei basks in the sun at a zoo in China’s Chongqing on Oct 27. (Photo by CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

The catwalk at Shanghai’s Pet Fashion Week gets a canine makeover on Oct. 27. (Photo by CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Pet owners walk their dogs down the runway at the Shanghai event on Oct.27. (Photo by CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Tourists visit the picturesque Shuangqiao Valley in China’s Sichuan province after snowfall on Oct. 26. (Photo by Getty Images)

The Tokyo High Court ruled that the Japanese government's failure to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples violates two clauses of the country's constitution. Plaintiffs and supporters cheer in front of the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

A plaintiff Haru Ono, right, hugs a supporter in front of the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)