Topshots of the Week (6-12 May, 2023)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (6-12 May, 2023).
Beirut (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 12:31:17 | Lebanese army warns residents of border villages to wait before returning
Kyiv (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 12:12:36 | Zelensky says two Russian drones 'deliberately' targeted Kyiv's monastery quarter
Paris (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 12:01:10 | UNESCO condemns attack on landmark Kyiv cathedral, fears 'significant damage'
Manila (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 11:52:04 | 6.2-magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines: USGS
Beirut (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 11:45:24 | Lebanon's Aoun hopes US-Iran deal will put 'definitive end' to Israel-Hezbollah war
Geneva (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 11:28:38 | MSF warns of 'dangerous gaps' in Ebola response in DR Congo
Tehran (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 11:21:42 | Iran's Fars news agency says Hormuz maritime fees added to US deal last minute
Geneva (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 10:52:49 | Iran executed 18 protesters in 2026: UN
Geneva (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 10:39:33 | At least 2,300 killed this year in Haiti gang violence: UN
Geneva (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 10:31:13 | Sudan drone strikes killed over 1,000 in first five months of 2026: UN
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...
The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism has won Agence France-Presse's Kate Webb Award for its fearless work in the world's deadliest country for reporters, the agency announced Thursday. The PCIJ has for two decades braved the wrath of powerful interests in the Philippines to expose corruption, the dangers of which were highlighted last month when 31 Filipino journalists were killed in a political massacre.
The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism was presented with Agence France-Presse's prestigious Kate Webb Award on Wednesday for its outstanding contributions to press freedom. The Kate Webb award is for local reporters or media organisations in the Asia Pacific who have produced exceptional work in dangerous or difficult circumstances, or have demonstrated moral or physical courage while reporting.