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).
Taipei (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 06:37:55 | Nvidia to boost spending in Taiwan to $150 bn a year: CEO
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 05:01:14 | Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls to six-year low: report
Seoul (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 03:33:28 | Samsung labour union passes bonus deal: union
La Paz (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 03:17:07 | Bolivian Congress OK's use of troops against protesters
Seoul (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 00:07:02 | N. Korea tests new multi-purpose missile launch system: KCNA
Washington (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 00:03:43 | IMF says Bangladesh requests new assistance program amid Iran war fallout
Beirut (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 23:07:26 | Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 31 on Tuesday
Jerusalem (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 20:54:06 | Israeli military issues evacuation warning for 19 south Lebanon villages
Jerusalem (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 20:22:15 | Israel says targeted new Hamas armed wing chief in Gaza strike
Washington (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 18:51:58 | Trump says medical check-up went 'perfectly'
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...