Inside AFP
Topshots of the Week (1-7 June 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from 1st to 7th June 2024.
Enthusiasts dressed in replica WWII-era US Army military attire watch fireworks on June 6, 2024 in Arromanches-les-Bains, as part of the "D-Day" commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary since the launch of 'Operation Overlord', a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany.
© Loïc VENANCE / AFP
A labourer is silhouetted against the setting sun as he bathes on a hot summer day in Jammu on June 1, 2024. India is no stranger to searing summer temperatures but years of scientific research have found climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.
© Mukesh GUPTA / AFP
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after falling on the court during his men's singles round of sixteen match against Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo on Court Philippe-Chatrier on day nine of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on June 3, 2024.
© Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP
A person throws a drink in the face of newly appointed leader of Britain's right-wing populist party, Reform UK, and the party's parliamentary candidate for Clacton, Nigel Farage, during his general election campaign launch in Clacton-on-Sea, eastern England, on June 4, 2024. Nigel Farage on Monday said he would stand as a candidate for the anti-immigration Reform UK party in Britain's general election next month, after initially ruling out running. "I have changed my mind... I am going to stand," Farage, 60, told a news conference. He will seek election on July 4 in the fiercely pro-Brexit seat of Clacton, southeast England.
© Ben STANSALL / AFP
Two participants kiss while holding a pride rainbow flag with a star of David in Tel Aviv on June 6, 2024 during the "Pride and Hope Assembly" coordinated with the Hostage Families Forum calling for the return of hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attacks, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.
© Jack GUEZ / AFP
Opposition suporters clash with police during a protest in front of the Albanian parliament in Tirana on June 6, 2024. Major opposition parties call for the government to resign after the broadcast of an investigative program by Italian outlet RAI 3 on the possible connections of high-ranking officials with people from the crime world.
© Adnan BECI / AFP
Douglas C-47 aircraft fly over as US President Joe Biden (2nd R), US First Lady Jill Biden (R), France's President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (L) walk past flag-bearers during the US ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, which overlooks Omaha Beach in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary since the launch of 'Operation Overlord', a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany.
© Saul LOEB / AFP
Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on June 6, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
© Bashar TALEB / AFP