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Topshots of the Week (13-19 May, 2023)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (13-19 May, 2023).
‘A girl looks out from a tuk tuk while evacuating in Sittwe in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on May 13, 2023, ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mocha. Cyclone Mocha is expected to make landfall on May 14 between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, where nearly one million Rohingya refugees live in camps largely made up of flimsy shelters, and Sittwe on Myanmar's western Rakhine coast.
© Sai Aung MAIN / AFP
British actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (R) and her daughter Carys kiss US actor and Honorary Palme d’or of the 76th Festival de Cannes Michael Douglas as they arrive for the opening ceremony and the screening of the film "Jeanne du Barry" during the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2023.
© Christophe SIMON / AFP
Residents are rescued on a digger on May 17, 2023 in Massa Lombarda, a small village about 10 kilometers from Imola, after heavy rains have caused major floodings in central Italy. Five people have died after heavy rains caused flooding across Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region, and the F1 Grand Prix, scheduled on Sunday in Imola, has been canceled.
© Federico SCOPPA / AFP
A picture taken on May 14, 2023 shows a photograph of AFP journalist Arman Soldin on the facade of the Agence France Presse headquarters in Paris. Arman Soldin was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video coordinator for AFP based in Kyiv in September 2022.
© Thomas SAMSON / AFP
Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags outside the AK Party headquarters after polls closed in Turkey's presidental and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Turkey May 15, 2023. Turkey is braced for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win.
© Adem ALTAN / AFP
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is kissed by a woman during a campaign rally of the Socialist Party (PSOE), in Seville on May 13, 2023, ahead of the upcoming May 28 regional and municipal election.
© Cristina QUICLER / AFP
Children stand amidst the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli air strike in Deir al-Balah in the centre of the Gaza Strip, on May 13, 2023. Israel and Gaza traded heavy fire on May 12 but Egyptian mediators launched a new bid to end days of fighting that has killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian.
© Mohammed ABED / AFP
Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti (R) reacts as Manchester City's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola (C) embraces Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland as he leaves the pitch after being substituted off during the UEFA Champions League second leg semi-final football match between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on May 17, 2023. Manchester City won the match 4-0.
© Oli Scarff / AFP