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Topshots of the Week (17-24 July, 2022)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (July 18 to July 24, 2022).
A tactical firefighter set fires to burn a plot of land as firefighters attempt to prevent the wild fire from spreading due to wind change, as they fight a forest fire near Louchats in Gironde, southwestern France on July 17, 2022. France was on high alert on July 18, 2022, as the peak of a punishing heatwave gripped the country, while wildfires raging in parts of southwest Europe showed no sign of abating. In the southwestern Gironde region, firefighters over the weekend continued to fight to control forest blazes that have devoured nearly 11,000 hectares (27,000 acres) since July 12.
© Thibaud MORITZ / AFP
A water buffalo is pictured across from the Nahr Bin Omar oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra on July 18, 2022.
© Hussein FALEH / AFP
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrates winning the women's 100m final during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 17, 2022.
© Jewel SAMAD / AFP
Demonstrators gather in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw, Poland on July 17, 2022 to protest against the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian armed forces.
© Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP
Palestinian children shower to cool off on a hot summer day in Gaza City, on July 20, 2022.
© MOHAMMED ABED / AFP
Beachgoers sit in the sun on the beach and paddle in the sea at Brighton, southern England on July 17, 2022. The UK's meteorological agency on Friday issued its first ever "red" warning for exceptional heat, forecasting record highs of 40 degrees Celsius next week.
© Daniel LEAL / AFP
A Hindu devotee dressed as Potharaju, the brother of the Hindu goddess Mahakali, performs during the Bonalu festival procession at the Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on July 18, 2022.
© Noah SEELAM / AFP
Tourists enjoy the sunset in the old harbour of Chania on the Greek mediterranean island of Crete on July 19, 2022, while temperatures remain at normal for the season levels despite the heatwave in northern parts of Europe. Crete island is reaching its touristic full capacity, as Greece is recovering Covid-19 related losses fast approaching pre-pandemic 2019 levels in terms of arrivals and revenues.
© Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP