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Topshots of the Week (18-24 November 2023)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from the 18th to the 24th of November 2023.
SpaceX's Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 18, 2023. SpaceX on November 18, 2023, carried out the second test launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built that Elon Musk hopes will one day colonize Mars, while NASA awaits a modified version to land humans on the Moon. It comes after a first attempt to fly the spaceship in its fully-stacked configuration back in April ended in a spectacular explosion over the Gulf of Mexico.
© Timothy A. CLARY / AFP
French police officers attempt to dismantle a giant inflatable pig in a trailer blocading a street, by Greenpeace activists taking part a demonstration against agricultural policies and denouncing the ecological impact of industrialized farming, near the Ministry of Agriculture in Paris, on November 20, 2023.
© Miguel MEDINA / AFP
A kid looks on as others play and swim at an inundated football pitch following flash floods in Garissa on November 20, 2023. The Horn of Africa is experiencing torrential rainfall and floods linked to El Nino climate pattern. Several communities are isolated as thousands of homes have been destroyed or damaged by floods that struck at least 33 of Kenya's 47 counties, killing more than 70 people and displacing many across the East African nation.
© Luis TATO / AFP
Tourist visit the Taj Mahal amid heavy smog conditions in Agra on November 23, 2023.
© Pawan SHARMA / AFP
This picture taken from southern Israel shows a explosion lighting up the sky during an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip early on November 19, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.
© Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
A Palestinian woman walks on building rubble following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 20, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.
© Said KHATIB / AFP
Mount Fuji (back L), Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 meters (12,389 feet), is silhouetted during sunset behind the highrise buildings of the Shinjuku area in downtown Tokyo on November 20, 2023.
© Richard A. BROOKS / AFP
Serbia's Novak Djokovic poses with the trophy after winning the final match against Italy's Jannik Sinner at the ATP Finals tennis tournament in Turin on November 19, 2023.
© Tiziana FABI / AFP