Topshots of the Week (13-19 May, 2023)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (13-19 May, 2023).
Baghdad (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 05:17:16 | Iraq PM condemns 'drone attack' over Erbil: statement
Washington (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 05:09:21 | US unveils new 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil
Geneva (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 05:01:06 | Over 500 feared dead in two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UN
Washington (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 04:32:35 | US approves nearly $2 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia
Tehran (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 04:32:01 | Iran army says targeted US military facilities in Jordan: state media
Tehran (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 03:46:11 | Air defences activated in Tehran, explosions heard in north, west Iran: reports
Seoul (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 03:06:57 | South Korea central bank raises interest rates to 2.75 percent
Tokyo (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 02:57:24 | Asia stocks tumble on tech worries, Mideast war
Kuwait City (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 01:24:26 | Kuwait intercepts drones from Iran, Bahrain sounds sirens
Kyiv (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 00:07:39 | Blasts heard in Kyiv during ballistic missile alert: AFP
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
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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.