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Topshots of the Week (30 September-6 October, 2023)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from this past week (30 September - 6 October 2023).
A woman throws olives into a freshly-harvested pile beneath a tree, during the harvest season in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 5, 2023.
© Said KHATIB / AFP
Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are seen in the center of the town of Goris on October 1, 2023 before being evacuated in various Armenian cities. A United Nations mission arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on October 1, 2023, Azerbaijan said, after almost the entire ethnic-Armenian population fled since Baku recaptured the breakaway enclave. Armenians, who had controlled the region for three decades, agreed to disarm, dissolve their government and reintegrate with Baku following a one-day Azerbaijani offensive last week.
© Diego HERRERA CARCEDO / AFP
A 12-point stag roars in Richmond Park, west of London, on October 1, 2023. The deer mating season, also known as the rut, takes place in the autumn and the red stags and fallow bucks compete for females. In the lead up to the rut, there are a number of physiological changes to male deer including an increase of testosterone, the doubling of neck thickness, the larynx becoming more prominent and the tongue changing shape. Roars are used as the first line of defence as a way to deter rivals. A deeper louder roar signals a larger animal. The sound of a roar can help rival stags determine from a distance whether to try their luck, and females can use it to judge the best quality males in the area. Richmond Park and Bushy Park are home to over 1,000 free roaming red and fallow deer.
© Adrian DENNIS / AFP
A model presents a creation for COMME des GARCONS during the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 in Paris on September 30, 2023.
© Julien DE ROSA / AFP
A person is seen inside a bunker complex of Armenian separatists in the village of Mukhtar (Muxtar) retaken recently by Azeri troops, during an Azeri government organized media trip, in Azerbaijan's controlled region of Nagorno-Karabakh, on October 3, 2023.
© Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP
Malaysia’s Pandelela Pamg competes in the finals of womens 10m platform diving the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on October 3, 2023.
© Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrims gather next to the concrete wall protecting Rachel's Tomb, Judaism's third holiest shrine, located in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on October 5, 2023, as pilgrims arrive for prayers during the Sukkot holiday. during the Sukkot holiday under high Israeli security protection.
© Menahem KAHANA / AFP
The silhouette of an airplane is seen in front of the moon in Moscow on October 4, 2023.
© Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP