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Topshots of the Week (1-7 July, 2023)

 

Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (1-7 July, 2023).

 

Stork fly over a burning field in Ukraine

Stork fly over a burning field near town of Snigurivka, Mykolaiv region on July 4, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.
© Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP

The pack of riders cycles during the 2nd stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France

The pack of riders cycles during the 2nd stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race 208,9 km between Vitoria-Gasteiz and San Sebastian, in northern Spain, on July 2, 2023.
© Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP

Fireworks explode during clashes with police in La Réunion

Fireworks explode during clashes with police in Le Port, French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on June 30, 2023, three days after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris. A third consecutive night of violence in France sparked by the killing of a teenager by a policeman during a traffic stop has left 249 police and gendarmes injured, the interior ministry announced on June 30, 2023.
© Richard BOUHET / AFP

Farmer planting rice on a paddy field at sunrise

This photo taken on July 2, 2023 shows a farmer planting rice on a paddy field at sunrise in Hanoi. For countless farmers in north and central Vietnam, planting in the dark has become a saviour during increasingly hot summers as South and Southeast Asia nations battle record-high temperatures this year.
© Nhac NGUYEN / AFP

People stand by rubble and the remains of a destroyed vehicle outside a mosque

People stand by rubble and the remains of a destroyed vehicle outside a mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on July 5, 2023, after the Israeli army declared the end of a two-day military operation in the area. The Israeli military launched the raid on the Jenin refugee camp early on July 3, during which 12 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed.
© Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP

French tightrope walker and artist Nathan Paulin walks on a rope

French tightrope walker and artist Nathan Paulin walks on a rope above the Plaza de Catalunya square in Barcelona, as part of the GREC festival, on July 2, 2023.
© Lluis GENE / AFP 

A model presents a creation by Spanish designer Juana Martin

A model presents a creation by Spanish designer Juana Martin during the Women's Haute-Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 Fashion Week in Paris, on July 6, 2023.
© Julien DE ROSA / AFP

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz serves the ball to France's Jeremy Chardy during their men's singles tennis match

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz serves the ball to France's Jeremy Chardy during their men's singles tennis match on the second day of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 4, 2023.
© Sébastien BOZON / AFP