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Topshots of the Week (10-16 September, 2022)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (10-16 September, 2022).
Members of the public watch the procession of the late Queen Elizabeth II's coffin, from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, on the Royal Mile on September 12, 2022, where Queen Elizabeth II will lie at rest. Mourners will on Monday get the first opportunity to pay respects before the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as it lies in an Edinburgh cathedral where King Charles III will preside over a vigil.
© Oli SCARFF / AFP
A man sits at the Registan square in downtown Samarkand on September 13, 2022. A regional summit this week where Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet China's Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders will showcase an "alternative" to the Western world, the Kremlin said on September 13, 2022. Putin and Xi will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and several other countries for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on 16-17 September 2022.
© Alexander NEMENOV / AFP
Ukrainian artillerymen fire a self-propelled 203mm cannon "2s7 Pion" on the southern frontline of Ukraine on September 15, 2022.
© Ihor TKACHOV / AFP
Seen from the top of the Wellington Arch, the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is taken in the Royal Hearse to Buckingham Palace in London on September 13, 2022, following her death on September 8. Queen Elizabeth II's coffin will on Tuesday be flown by the Royal Air Force from Edinburgh to London, accompanied by the queen's only daughter Anne, the Princess Royal, and driven to Buckingham Palace, to rest in the Bow Room.
© Marco BERTORELLO / AFP
A firefighter stands on a road leading to houses threatened by a wildfire in Saumos near Bordeaux, southwestern France, on September 12, 2022. A fire in progress since September 12, 2022 afternoon has covered 1300 hectares of vegetation and forest in Saumos and forced the evacuation of the town in a context of high temperatures in Gironde.
© Philippe LOPEZ / AFP
Tourists sit on the beach as a kite flies in Dieppe, western France, on September 11, 2022, during the 21st Dieppe International Kite Festival. The 21st Dieppe International Kite Festival takes place from September 10 to 18, 2022.
© Lou BENOIST / AFP
Rangers' and Napoli's player observe a minute's silence to mark the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II ahead of the UEFA Champions League Group A football match between Scotland's Rangers and Italy's Napoli at Ibrox stadium in Glasgow, on September 14, 2022.
© Andy BUCHANAN / AFP
USA's Evita Griskenas competes in the individual all-around qualification round during the 39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships at the Arena Armeets in Sofia (Arena Armeec hall) on September 14, 2022.
© Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP