Topshots of the Week (20-26 May, 2023)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (20-26 May, 2023).
Washington (AFP) | 06/06/2026 - 01:12:28 | US strikes radar installations in Iran
Buenos Aires (AFP) | 05/06/2026 - 22:59:53 | Argentina to expand hantavirus search to a second province: ministry
Ramallah (AFP) | 05/06/2026 - 22:12:29 | Palestinian health ministry says infant killed by Israeli fire in West Bank
New York (AFP) | 05/06/2026 - 22:10:29 | Wall Street stocks plunge over tech sector sell-off, rate hike fears
Beirut (AFP) | 05/06/2026 - 21:50:54 | Lebanon says Israeli strike kills 5 including woman, paramedic
Lima (AFP) | 05/06/2026 - 21:50:00 | Peru's leftist candidate tells AFP he seeks 'respectful' ties with Trump
Washington (AFP) | 05/06/2026 - 21:24:00 | SpaceX signs pre-IPO deal to provide AI computing to Google
Istanbul (AFP) | 05/06/2026 - 20:43:38 | Attack on Turkish fishing ship in Black Sea kills 1, wounds 4: coastguard
Aboard Air Force One (AFP) | 05/06/2026 - 20:16:06 | Trump says to meet AI firms on possible government stake
Kyiv (AFP) | 05/06/2026 - 19:15:38 | Zelensky says Putin 'choosing war again' by rejecting call to meet
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (20-26 May, 2023).
Directed by Boris Tilquin and Christophe Hermans, the new documentary Merckx dedicated to cycling champion Eddy Merckx, will be presented on Friday 31 January 2025 as a world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. This is a co-production of FACTSTORY, a subsidiary of AFP, in collaboration with the Belgian production companies Ka Visuel and Watertower in co-production with RTBF, ARTE G.E.I.E. and VRTT.
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (13-19 May, 2023).
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (6-12 May, 2023).
Poverty, hunger, the effects of climate change and armed conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine, mean that the number of migrants trying to reach Europe, continues to rise.
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (28 April - 5 May, 2023).
A plane flies by a statue of the Louvre as the waxing gibbous moon rises in Paris, on May 3, 2023.
© Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (21-28 April, 2023).
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (15-21 April, 2023).
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (8-14 April, 2023).
A plume of steam and gas billows from the Cotopaxi volcano as seen from Quito, Ecuador, on April 10, 2023.
© Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela announces today its decision to initiate a comprehensive restructuring of its external public debt obligations. CONTEXT & RATIONALE Over the past decade, Venezuela's economy has been severely impacted by external shocks – from the end of the commodity super-cycle to foreign sanctions and COVID-19 – resulting in a sharp economic contraction, a protracted default since 2017, and a ballooning of public sector liabilities. The country nonetheless posse...