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Topshots of the Week (11 - 17 May 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from 11th to 17th May 2024.
Women holding umbrellas stand at the Galle Face promenade amid heavy rainfall in Colombo on May 14, 2024.
© Ishara S.KODIKARA / AFP
A policeman checks a car carrying people who have fled the village of Tsyrkuny, at a checkpoint outside Kharkiv, on May 13, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of people have been evacuated from border areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, as Russia kept up constant strikes on a key town as part of a cross-border offensive, officials said on May 12, 2024. The surprise Russian attack across Ukraine's northeastern border began on Friday, with troops making small advances in an area from where they had been pushed back nearly two years ago.
© Roman PILIPEY / AFP
A worker cleans a Buddha statue at the Maha Vihara Mojopahit temple in Mojokerto on May 15, 2024 ahead of the Vesak festival which commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha.
© Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Ukrainian servicemen of the 92nd Assault Brigade fire BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher toward Russian positions, in the Kharkiv region, on May 15, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky cancelled planned trips abroad over the fresh offensive and the military was sending more troops to Kharkiv to hold back Russian advances, Kyiv said.
© Roman PILIPEY / AFP
A girl participates in the "Piu Sik" parade on the island of Cheung Chau during its annual Bun festival in Hong Kong on May 15, 2024.
© Peter PARKS / AFP
Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
© AFP
US actress Meryl Streep gestures as she arrives for the Opening Ceremony and the screening of the film "Le Deuxieme Acte" at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 14, 2024.
© Christophe SIMON / AFP
View of a flooded street at the historical city center of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 14, 2024. Rivers in south Brazil rose anew on Monday as flood rescue efforts intensified as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva conceded to authorities that were not been "prepared" for a disaster of such magnitude. More than 600,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains, flooding and mudslides that have ravaged the southern Rio Grande do Sul state for about two weeks. At least 147 people have been killed and more than 800 injured in the deluge, as rescuers searched pn Monday in boats and on jet skis for 127 people reported missing.
© Anselmo CUNHA / AFP