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Topshots of the Week (22-27 June 2024)

 

A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from 22th to 27th June 2024.

View of Rocinha Favela (shantytown) at sunrise in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 23 June 2024.​
© Pablo Porciuncula / AFP

A woman wearing traditional deel clothing votes in the Mongolian parliamentary elections at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on 28 June 2024. The ruling party is widely expected to win despite deepening public anger over corruption and the state of the economy.​
© Hector Retamal / AFP

A girl plays with a red balloon in al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on 26 June 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.
© Eyab Baba / AFP

A tear gas canister explodes as protesters try to help injured people outside the Kenya Parliament during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi on 25 June 2024.
© Luis TATO / AFP

The first full moon of the summer, known as the 'strawberry' moon, rises next to the Olympic rings adorning the Eiffel Tower in Paris on 22 June 2024, ahead of the upcoming Olympic Games.
© Stefano Rellandini / AFP

Protesters gather during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi on 25 June 2024. Kenyan police shot dead one protester near the country's parliament on Tuesday, according to a rights watchdog, as demonstrators, angry over proposed tax hikes, breached barricades and entered the government complex where a fire erupted.
© Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP

An aerial view shows people taking part in the 'Yoga ao Sol Nascer' (Yoga at Sunrise) event at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 22 June 2024.
© Mauro Pimentel / AFP

Kenyan police officers and security personnel take position to protect the Kenyan Parliament as protesters try to storm the building during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi on 25 June 2024.​
© Luis TATO / AFP