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Topshots of the Week (20-26 April 2024)

 

A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from 20th to 26th April 2024.

Mount Ruang volcano erupts in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on April 19, 2024. A remote Indonesian volcano sent a tower of ash spewing into the sky on April 19, after nearly half a dozen eruptions earlier this week forced thousands to evacuate when molten rocks rained down on their villages.
© Ronny ADOLOF BUOL / AFP

 

Aerial view of demonstrators marching against the government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro over health and pension reforms in Medellin, Colombia, taken on April 21, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting this Sunday in Colombia's main cities, in the largest demonstration faced by the government of Gustavo Petro since he came to power twenty months ago and at a time when his popularity is in the red​​.
© Jaime SALDARRIAGA / AFP

A man stands next to an area were houses were destroyed by floods following torrential rains at the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, on April 25, 2024. Torrential rains triggered floods and caused chaos across Kenya, blocking roads and bridges and engulfing homes in slum districts. The death toll from flash floods in Kenya's capital Nairobi has risen to 13 on April 25, 2024, police said. Kenyans have been warned to stay on alert, with the forecast for more heavy rains across the country in the coming days​​.
© Luis TATO / AFP

A tourist boat sails through water hyacinth covering a major portion of Anasagar lake in Ajmer on April 22, 2024​.​
© Himanshu SHARMA / AFP

A man takes a photograph of the city of Athens from Tourkovounia hill, as southerly winds carry waves of Saharan dust to the city, in Athens, on April 23, 2024. Clouds of dust blown in from the Sahara covered Athens and other Greek cities on April 23, 2024, one of the most severe episodes of its kind to afflict the country since 2018, officials said. The yellow-orange haze smothered several regions, limiting visibility and prompting warnings of breathing risks from the authorities​. ​
© Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP

A man shows his inked finger after casting his ballot at a polling station during the second phase of voting of India's general elections in Masuda, Rajasthan state, on April 26, 2024​.
© Himanshu SHARMA / AFP

This photograph taken in Paris on April 23, 2024, shows the April's full moonset, also known as the Pink Moon, seen behind the Eiffel Tower​.
© Stephano RELLANDINI / AFP

A student quietly stares at a row of Texas State Troopers as pro-Palestinian students protest the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2024. Universities have become the focus of intense cultural debate in the United States since the October 7 Hamas attack and Israel's overwhelming military response to it​.​
© Suzanne CORDEIRO / AFP