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Topshots of the Week (20-26 July, 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from July 20th to July 26th, 2024.
The moon rises behind the Olympic rings displayed on the Eiffel Tower in Paris on July 22, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
© Loïc VENANCE / AFP
A man holds a sign showing his appreciation for US President Joe Biden along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 21, 2024. Joe Biden on July 21, 2024 dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a stunning move that upends an already extraordinary 2024 race for the White House. Biden, 81, said he was acting in the "best interest of my party and the country" by bowing to weeks of pressure after a disastrous June debate against Donald Trump stoked worries about his age and mental fitness.
© Samuel CORUM / AFP
A relative of Evans Kiratu holds his picture as she gets arrested during a protest march to parliament with wooden crosses bearing the names of the victims and a coffin to commemorate the 1st month anniversary of the June 25 shootings during demonstrations against government proposed tax hikes in Nairobi on July 25, 2024. Activists led by young Gen-Z Kenyans launched peaceful rallies last month over steep tax increases but they spiralled into deadly violence, before morphing into wider anger against President William Ruto's government.
© Patrick MEINHARDT / AFP
A resident walks amongst debris of destroyed belongings next to her house at a village in Manila on July 25, 2024, a day after heavy rains fuelled by Typhoon Gaemi and the seasonal monsoon lashed Manila and surrounding regions in recent days.
© Ted ALJIBE / AFP
People ride bikes on the Shin-Ohashi Bridge as a bolt of lightning strikes the sky above the Tokyo on July 22, 2024.
© Philip FONG / AFP
Palestinian children ride on the back of a cart with their belongings as thousands of Palestinians who fled following the Israeli army's temporary evacuation order for parts of Khan Yunis, including the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, arrive in an another area of the southern Gaza Strip city on July 23, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas continues. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said July 23, 2024, that an Israeli operation in the main southern city of Khan Yunis killed 70 people and wounded more than 200, after Israel warned its forces would "forcefully operate" in the area. The latest incident comes days after the health ministry said 92 people were killed in a strike on Al-Mawasi, when Israel said it was targeting a Hamas commander.
© Bashar TALEB / AFP
A woman rides on an inflated inner-tube in the flood affected area after the Kobe River overflowed following heavy rains in Lukulamo, North Maluku, on July 22, 2024.
© Azzam RISQULLAH / AFP
A passenger aircraft is silhouetted by the setting sun in the Eminonu district of Istanbul on July 24, 2024.
© Yasin AKGUL / AFP