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) | 26/05/2026 - 06:37:19 | France logs its hottest May day on record: weather agency
Seoul (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 06:27:15 | North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile' into Yellow Sea: Seoul
Jaipur (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 04:44:05 | Rubio says Hormuz strait will reopen 'one way or the other'
Jaipur (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 04:27:13 | Rubio says US still prepared to mediate on Ukraine after Russian strikes
New York (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 04:22:10 | Sonny Rollins, last jazz 'colossus,' dead at 95
Jaipur (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 04:21:37 | Rubio says Iran deal still possible within days despite US strikes
Tokyo (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 02:39:21 | WTI crude price falls over 5% despite new US strikes on Iran
Washington (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 01:56:01 | US forces attacked missile sites in Iran: US Central Command
Santiago (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 01:01:24 | Earthquake with magnitude 6.9 hits Chile: USGS
Beirut (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 00:03:23 | Hebzollah says targeted three barracks, military post in northern Israel
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...