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Topshots of the Week (10-16 August, 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from August 10th to August 16th, 2024.
This photograph shows the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel with the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games cauldron attached to a balloon carrying the Olympic flame as the sunsets prior to "Marathon Pour Tous" (Marathon For All) in Paris on August 10, 2024, on the sidelines of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
© Lionel Bonaventure / AFP
Women embrace after being rescued during a wildfire in Varnavas, north of Athens, on August 11, 2024.
© Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP
This long exposure picture shows the northern lights (aurora borealis) illuminating the sky above the field in the village of Wigry, Suwalki region, during the annual Perseids meteor shower early on August 12, 2024.
© Sergei Gapon / AFP
Palestinian toddler Rim Abu Hayya, the sole survivor from her family after they were killed by reported Israeli bombardment that hit their house in the east of Khan Yunis, is carried by her aunt Ayat in a tent shelter west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 13, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.
© Bashar Taleb / AFP
A Ukrainian military vehicle drives from the direction of the border with Russia carrying blindfolded men in Russian military uniforms, in the Sumy region, on August 13, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On August 6, 2024, Ukraine launched an offensive surprise into the Russian border region of Kursk capturing over two dozen towns and villages in the most significant cross-border attack on Russian territory since World War II. Ukraine's military chief Oleksandr Syrsky told the Ukrainian President in a video posted on August 12, 2024 that his troops now control about 1,000 square kilometres of Russian territory and are continuing "offensive operations".
© Roman Pilipey / AFP
Tourists enjoy the Perito Moreno Glacier at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, Santa Cruz province, Argentina, on August 13, 2024.
© Walter Diaz / AFP
A convoy of Taliban security personnel seen moving along the streets as they celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in Herat on August 14, 2024. Taliban authorities kicked off celebrations of the third anniversary of their rule over Afghanistan on August 14 at the former US Bagram air base.
© Mohsen Karimi / AFP
US President Joe Biden points to Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the overflow room after they spoke at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland, on August 15, 2024.
© Brendan Smialowski / AFP