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Topshots of the Week (5-11 August, 2023)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (5-11 August, 2023).
A CalFire crewman walks through the charred grass of the Almond Fire which burned over 5,200 acres (2100 hectares) in Lost Hills, California, August 6, 2023.
© David SWANSON / AFP
An aerial image taken on August 10, 2023 shows destroyed homes and buildings on the waterfront burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii. At least 36 people have died after a fast-moving wildfire turned Lahaina to ashes, officials said August 9, 2023 as visitors asked to leave the island of Maui found themselves stranded at the airport. The fires began burning early August 8, scorching thousands of acres and putting homes, businesses and 35,000 lives at risk on Maui, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency said in a statement.
© Patrick T. FALLON / AFP
(From front to back) Carson, Rosie and Charlie Surfs Up compete during the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, California, on August 5, 2023. The event helps local charities raise money by sponsoring a contestant or a team, with a portion of the proceeds going to dog, environmental, and surfing nonprofit organizations.
© Josh EDELSON / AFP
A woman walks across a road in Niamey on August 8, 2023. Despite the restrictions on freedoms, the coup in Niger is welcomed by many inhabitants of the Nigerien capital Niamey, opposed to the fallen regime and who now hope to make their voices heard. They were some 30,000 on Sunday at the Seyni Kountché stadium in Niamey, the largest in Niger, to support the soldiers who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, ending more than twelve years in power of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS).
© AFP
Ultra-Orthodox Jews swim at a beach reserved for men only, on the coast of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, during their Bein Hazmanim, a period of vacation in Jewish Orthodox yeshivas (traditional Jewish educational institutions), on August 9, 2023.
© Menahem KAHANA / AFP
A scout cools himself under a spray of water mist during preparations to leave the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, North Jeolla province on August 8, 2023. Tens of thousands of scouts were being evacuated from their problem-plagued South Korean campsite on August 8 ahead of a typhoon, as the scout chief said the challenges were unprecedented in a century of global jamborees.
© Anthony WALLACE / AFP
A cat sits inside a dryer at the Rocky's Cat club on the eve of the International Cat Day in Ampang, near Kuala Lumpur on August 7, 2023.
© Mohd RASFAN / AFP
Local residents ride a scooter on a flooded street in the aftermath of flooding from heavy rains in Zhuozhou city, in northern China’s Hebei province on August 9, 2023. China's capital has been hit by record downpours in recent weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swaths of the city's suburbs and surrounding areas. In Hebei province, which neighbours Beijing, 15 were reported to have died and 22 were missing.
© Jade GAO / AFP