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Topshots of the Week (13 - 19 April)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from 13th to 19th April 2024.
A sarcophagus depicting a purple cow burns in Ubud, Bali, on April 14, 2024, during the cremation ceremony of Tjokorda Bagus Santaka, a member of the Ubud royal family who passed away in February.
© Sonny TUMBELAKA / AFP
A boy rides a donkey near one of the batteries of Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system at a village not recognised by Israeli authorities in the southern Negev desert on April 14, 2024.
© Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP
People gather to watch and take photos during a kite festival on Ao Manao Beach in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, on April 15, 2024.
© Madaree TOHLALA / AFP
The first torchbearer, Olympic rowing gold medalist from 2020, Stefanos Ntouskos (L), receives the flame from Greek actress Mary Mina, portraying the role of the High Priestess, as he begins his run with the Olympic torch following the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece, on April 16, 2024.
© Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP
A Bamoun warrior responsible for the security of the Sultan King of the Bamouns fires into the air during the inauguration ceremony of the new Bamoun Kings Museum in Foumban on April 13, 2024. Cameroon is home to 270 ethnic groups with different customs and languages, and officially recognises more than 80 first-degree chiefdoms dating from the precolonial era.
© Daniel BELOUMOU OLOMO / AFP
This aerial view shows green algae in the Wilge River in Oranjeville, South Africa, on April 17, 2024.
© Marco LONGARI / AFP
Hindu devotees offer prayers to the Sun god on the banks of the Brahmaputra River during the 'Chaiti Chhath Puja' festival in Guwahati on April 14, 2024.
© Biju BORO / AFP
Young men and women dressed in traditional attire parade during the celebration of the Shuwalid festival in Harar on April 16, 2024. Shuwalid is an annual festival celebrated by the Harari people of Ethiopia and marks the end of six days of fasting to make up for omissions during Ramadan.
© Michele SPATARI / AFP