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Topshots of the Week (24 February - 1st March 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from the 24th February to the 1st March 2024.
Local residents attend a memorial ceremony under a destroyed bridge in Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on February 24, 2024, on the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
© Roman PILIPEY / AFP
This picture taken from Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli armoured personnel carriers moving out of Gaza on February 26, 2024, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
© Menahem KAHANA / AFP
A supporter of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko holds up his portrait during a demonstration in Dakar on February 24, 2024. Dakar residents are called to demonstrate on Saturday, either to put pressure on the head of state and get him to organise the presidential election before the official expiration of his mandate on April 2, or to support him. The opposition coalition F24 has planned a rally for late morning, which the citizen collective Aar Sunu Election ("Let's preserve our election") has called to join.
© John WESSELS / AFP
Fire bombs explode near a group of riot police officers during a demonstration amid a 24-hour strike in central Athens on February 28, 2024. Workers across Greece were set to strike to demand answers a year after the nation's deadliest train crash, which killed 57 people and injured dozens more.
© Aris MESSINIS / AFP
Palestinians react as they gather to collect aid food in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on February 26, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
© AFP
Bangladeshi labourers carry a log of wood after unloading it from a cargo boat near the Buriganga river in Dhaka on February 27, 2024.
© Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP
A delegate arrives during the National Dialogue in Diamniadio on February 27, 2024. Senegal's embattled President Macky Sall, on February 26, 2024, opened talks in Diamniadio, near Dakar, in an attempt to reach an agreement on the date of the presidential election. He also announced a general amnesty for political protests since 2021 during talks to set a new date for presidential polls that he deferred this month, sparking deadly turmoil.
© John WESSELS / AFP
Israeli troops gather near the Erez crossing, during a rally by right wing activists calling for the building of Israeli settlements in Gaza, on February 29, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
© Oren ZIV / AFP