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Topshots of the Week (6-12 July, 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from July 6th to July 12th, 2024.
This photograph shows the Eiffel Tower behind the stands at the construction site of the Eiffel Tower Stadium for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games which will host the Beach Volleyball and men's Blind Football competitions, at the Champ-De-Mars in Paris on July 10, 2024. The Champ de Mars and the Trocadero, located on either side of the Eiffel Tower, will host several events of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, on July 10, 2024.
© Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP
A flooded motel is seen after the passage of Hurricane Beryl in Surfside Beach, Texas, on July 8, 2024. Beryl was downgraded July 8 evening to a tropical depression after slamming the southern US state of Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least four people and causing millions to lose power amid scorching summer heat.
© Mark FELIX / AFP
Team Visma - Lease a Bike team's Belgian rider Wout Van Aert crashes in the Col de Neronne ascent during the 11th stage of the 111th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 211 km between Évaux-les-Bains and Le Lioran, on July 10, 2024.
© Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP
Visitors cool in the shade under misters on the porch of a hotel in Death Valley National Park, in Furnace Creek, during a heatwave impacting Southern California on July 7, 2024. Temperatures in Death Valley could reach as high as 130 degrees Farenheit (54 degrees Celsius) on Sunday, according to US National Weather Service.
© Etienne LAURENT / AFP
A woman carries a girl next to a heavily damaged building of the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital following a Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 8, 2024, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russia launched more than 40 missiles at several cities across Ukraine on July 8, 2024 in an attack that killed at least 20 people and smashed into a children's hospital in Kyiv, officials said.
© Roman PILIPEY / AFP
Chessboxer Shayan Zarein Dolab (L) competes against Martin Neu at the Chox Con Chessboxing Festival held on the Worstead Estate in Smallburgh, near Norwich, east England on July 6, 2024. The hybrid sporting event, promoted by Chessboxing Nation, requires participants to compete in alternating 3 minute rounds of chess and boxing. The winner is determined by competitor who knocks out or checkmates their opponent first.
© Oli SCARFF / AFP
US President Joe Biden speaks during the meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Heads of State and Government during the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on July 10, 2024.
© Roberto SCHMIDT / AFP
Participants gesture towards a giant banner which reads as "France is the fabric of migration" during an election night rally following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election, at Place de la Republique in Paris on July 7, 2024. A loose alliance of French left-wing parties thrown together for snap elections was on course to become the biggest parliamentary bloc and beat the far right, according to shock projected results.
© Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP