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Topshots of the Week (2-8 July, 2022)

Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (July 2 to July 8, 2022).

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An elderly Palestinian man holds a national flag during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel, in the village of Kfar Qaddum near the Jewish settlement of Kedumim in the occupied West Bank, on July 1, 2022.
JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP

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Flood affected residents clear debris after the dam in Pishin district of Balochistan broke due to heavy rains on July 7, 2022.
Banaras KHAN / AFP

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A picture taken on June 30, 2022, shows a boat sailing in the Dubai Marina in the Gulf Emirate.
GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

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Abortion rights activists covered in fake blood, protest on the steps of City Hall in Los Angeles, California, on July 6, 2022, to call on the federal government to restore abortion rights nationwide.
Frederic J. BROWN / AFP

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A man stands by a house destroyed by shelling by multiple launch rocket systems in Kharkiv on July 7, 2022 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Three civilians were killed and 5 injured as a result of the shelling prosecutor's office of Kharkiv region said.
SERGEY BOBOK / AFP

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A man paddles his raft while collecting recyclable materials in the waters of river Yamuna coated with polluted foam in New Delhi on July 5, 2022.
Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

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Firefighters spray water to extinguish a wildfire near Besseges, southern France, on July 7, 2022.
Sylvain THOMAS / AFP