Topshots of the Week (15-21 April, 2023)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (15-21 April, 2023).
Paris (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 20:16:19 | Syria president hails France's 'constructive role' in transition as Macron visits
Tehran (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 18:57:00 | Body of Khamenei arrives in Qom ahead of procession: state TV
Havana (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 18:34:06 | Cuba suffers new nationwide blackout, third in six months
Damascus (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 18:32:11 | Macron arrives in Syria for first post-Assad visit by West European head of state: AFP
Brussels (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 18:31:48 | EU says France social media ban not fully compatible with bloc rules
Strasbourg (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 18:03:01 | France's Bardella says 'ready to accept consequences' of Le Pen verdict
Jerusalem (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 18:01:15 | Israel insists on Hamas disarmament after group dissolves Gaza governing body
Jerusalem (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 18:00:04 | Israel insists on Hamas disarmament after group dissolves Gaza governing body
Khartoum (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 17:43:10 | Sudan gold mine collapse kills 15 miners: state company
Paris (AFP) | 06/07/2026 - 17:07:14 | France pulls all diplomats from Burkina Faso: ministry
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (15-21 April, 2023).
On April 20, 2023 the exhibition "Quoi de neuf à l'Est" ("What's new in the East") was launched at cultural centre CWB in Kinshasa. The exhibition shows the work of Alexis Huguet, AFP photojournalist based in Kinshasa, which focuses on the wave of violence in eastern DRC from 2018 to 2023.
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (21-28 April, 2023).
AFP and the Web3 art platform LaCollection have announced that a second collection of digital editions (NFT) of press photos from the agency's archives will go on sale in April 2023.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is pleased to announce that Michael Mainville has taken up his role as the new Asia-Pacific Regional Director as of April 3rd, 2023.
Debunking misinformation and publishing fact checks is essential but a new, unprecedented, project will soon help us understand better the disinformation phenomenon. “Narratives Observatory combatting Disinformation in Europe Systemically” or NODES is a pilot project set up by seven research and media partners including AFP, coming from four European countries and co-funded by the European Commission.
The Audio Marketplace (TAM), the first European B2B platform for multilingual professional audio content, will officially launch on September 16 as part of the European Audio Dataspace (EAD) project, coordinated by Agence France-Presse (AFP) with support from the European Commission.
AFP has the largest network in the world of expert journalists in charge of digital investigations. AFP’s fact-check service is covering 36 countries. In Asia alone, 11 countries and territories in five languages, including English, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malay and Burmese. Burmese is the 14th language to be added to the AFP Fact Check website.