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Topshots of the Week (28 January - 3 February, 2023)

 

Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (28 January - 3 February, 2023).

 

Tourists visit a frozen waterfall in the Drang area of Tangmarh on February 2, 2023.
© Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP

A Leopard 2 tank is seen in front of a wall of smoke and sparks at the training ground in Augustdorf, western Germany on February 1, 2023, during a visit of the German Defence Minister of the Bundeswehr Tank Battalion 203, to learn about the performance of the Leopard 2 main battle tank.
© Ina FASSBENDER / AFP

Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup trophy following his victory against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in the men's singles final match on day fourteen of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 29, 2023
© Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

Worshippers take part in the traditional ceremony of Iemanja, the Goddess of the Sea of the syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda at the Rio Vermelho neighborhood, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on February 2, 2023.
© Antonello VENERI / AFP

Five times freediving World Champion France's Arthur Guerin-Boeri warm up prior to dives in the deep to spot Orcas (Killer Whales), in the Spildra Island northern Arctic Circle, on January 25, 2023.
© Olivier MORIN / AFP

Riot police clash with demonstrators during a protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima on January 28, 2023. Embattled Boluarte urged lawmakers to find a way of a deepening political crisis by agreeing to snap elections in December, just hours after Congress had voted against the idea. In seven weeks of demonstrations, 47 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and protesters, according to the Ombudsman's Office of Peru.
© Lucas AGUAYO / AFP

Security officials inspect the site of a mosque blast inside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. At least 17 people were killed in a mosque blast at a police headquarters in Pakistan, a hospital official said.
© Maaz ALI / AFP

Protesters gather at Place d'Italie square for a rally on a second day of nationwide strikes and protests over the government's proposed pension reform, in Paris on January 31, 2023. France braces for major transport blockages, with mass strikes and protests set to hit the country for the second time in a month in objection to the planned boost of the age of retirement from 62 to 64. On January 19, some 1.1 million voiced their opposition to the proposed shake-up -- the largest protests since the last major round of pension reform in 2010.
© Alain JOCARD / AFP