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Topshots of the Week (6-12 May, 2023)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (6-12 May, 2023).
‘Creative Group A PERSON;S’ perform their show ‘Dumb, Dumb (Who are Actually Slaves)’ at the Seoul Circus Festival in Seoul on May 7, 2023, which marks its sixth anniversary this year.
© Anthony WALLACE / AFP
A tribute to AFP video journalist Arman Soldin is pictured among tributes to other journalists, at St Bride's Church in central London on May 10, 2023. AFP's Ukraine video coordinator Arman Soldin was killed on May 9, by rocket fire near Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine, AFP journalists who witnessed the incident said. The AFP team came under fire by Grad rockets while they were with a group of Ukrainian soldiers. Soldin, 32, was killed when a rocket struck close to where he was lying.
© Justin TALLIS / AFP
Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort begin their journey in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach, in the 'King's Procession', a journey of two kilometres from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023, ahead of their coronations. The set-piece coronation is the first in Britain in 70 years, and only the second in history to be televised. Charles will be the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at the central London church since King William I in 1066. Outside the UK, he is also king of 14 other Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Camilla, his second wife, will be crowned queen alongside him and be known as Queen Camilla after the ceremony.
© Oli SCARFF / AFP
A man carries a door from his home on his head to a makeshift house after the disaster that hit the village of Bushushu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on May 8, 2023. The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to nearly 400, an official said on May 7, 2023.
At least 394 bodies have been recovered after last week's floods, said Thomas Bakenga, administrator of Kalehe territory where the affected villages are located.
© Guerchom NDEBO / AFP
Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza City, on May 10, 2023. Israel's army and Gaza militants traded heavy cross-border fire on May 10, with 22 Palestinians killed over two days amid the worst escalation of violence to hit the coastal territory in months.
© Mahmud HAMS / AFP
A Eurovision super-fan arrives at Lime Street Station in Liverpool, northern England on May 9, 2023, ahead of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song contest. The English city of Liverpool hosts the musical extravaganza that is Eurovision on Saturday after the UK agreed to host the song contest instead of 2022 winner Ukraine, due to the war.
© Paul ELLIS / AFP
Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales returns back to Buckingham Palace from Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023, after the coronations of Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla. The set-piece coronation is the first in Britain in 70 years, and only the second in history to be televised. Charles will be the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at the central London church since King William I in 1066. Outside the UK, he is also king of 14 other Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Camilla, his second wife, was crowned alongside him, and will now be known as Queen Camilla.
© Odd ANDERSEN / AFP
An aerial image shows migrants waiting along the border wall to surrender to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents for immigration and asylum claim processing after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United Staes on the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2023. The US on May 11, 2023, will officially end its 40-month Covid-19 emergency, also discarding the Title 42 law, a tool that has been used to prevent millions of migrants from entering the country.
© Patrick T. FALLON / AFP