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Topshots of the Week (29 July - 4 August, 2023)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (29 July - 4 August, 2023).
This long exposure photo taken on July 28, 2023 shows Mount Merapi spewing lava onto its slopes during an eruption as seen from Sleman.
© Devi RAHMAN / AFP
A protestor resists against Turkish police during clashes in Ikizkoy, in the Milas district of the Province of Mugla, on July 29, 2023. Local residents and environmental activists demonstrate for the fifth day against the deforestation project of the 750-decare century-old pine forest, intended to expand a lignite field in the forests of Akbelen in Ikizkoy, leading to clashes with Turkish Gerdarmerie.
© Bulent KILIC / AFP
Crane Valley Hotshots set a back fire as the York fire burns in the Mojave National Preserve on July 30, 2023. The York Fire has burned over 70,000 acres, including Joshua trees and yucca in the Mojave National Preserve, and has crossed the state line from California into Nevada.
© David SWANSON / AFP
Protesters wave Nigerien and Russian flags as they gather during a rally in support of Niger's junta in Niamey on July 30, 2023. Thousands of people demonstrated in front of the French embassy in Niamey on Sunday, before being dispersed by tear gas, during a rally in support of the military putschists who overthrew the elected president Mohamed Bazoum in Niger. Before the tear-gas canisters were fired, a few soldiers stood in front of the embassy to calm the demonstrators.
© AFP
The full moon rises behind the ancient temple of Poseidon at cape Sounion, south of Athens on August 1, 2023.
© Aris MESSINIS / AFP
Residents transport a motorcycle on a boat to avoid floodwaters left by torrential rains of Typhoon Doksuri in Calumpit, Bulacan province on July 29, 2023.
© Earvin Perias / AFP
High waves hit the Four lighthouse in Pospoder, western France on August 2, 2023.
© Fred TANNEAU / AFP
Libyan border guard provide water to migrants of African origin who reportedly have been abandoned by Tunisian authorities, following their arrival in an uninhabited area near Al-Assah on the Libya-Tunisia border on July 30, 2023.
© Mahmud Turkia / AFP