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Topshots of the Week (3-9 September, 2022)

 

Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (3-9 September, 2022).

 

Members of the public stop in the rain to study a huge picture of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II displayed at Piccadilly Circus in central London on September 8, 2022, after the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, in central London. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday.
© Ben STANSALL / AFP

A couple poses for a wedding photo shoot on the Bund promenade along the Huangpu River during sunrise in Shanghai on September 7, 2022.
© Hector RETAMAL / AFP

Internally displaced people wade through floodwaters to return home after heavy monsoon rains in Dadu district, Sindh province on September 7, 2022.
© Aamir QURESHI / AFP

In a long exposure image, a fire engine departs after being parked on the side of a road as smoke and flame rise into the air during the Fairview Fire near Hemet, California in Riverside County on September 7, 2022. A ferocious heat wave scorching the western United States could finally begin to wane in the coming days, forecasters said on September 7, but they warned of dangerous fire conditions as howling winds sweep through the bone-dry region.
© Patrick T.FALLON / AFP

A man takes photos on a promenade as waves crash in the sea after Typhoon Hinnamnor passed through Busan on September 6, 2022.
© Anthony WALLACE / AFP

A man is seen walking as the sun rises at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 6, 2022. NASA on Saturday scrapped a second attempt to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon after engineers detected a fuel leak.
© Chandan KHANNA / AFP

A model displays a creation from the Heaven Gaia by Xiong Ying during the China Fashion Week in Beijing on September 4, 2022.
© Wang ZHAO / AFP

A fisherman stands on a fishing net in the waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi on September 6, 2022.
© Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP