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Topshots of the Week (9-16 July, 2022)
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (July 9 to July 15, 2022).
Beach-goers bathe and lay at a beach of "Pyla sur mer" as a black cloud of smoke from a fire that hit La Teste-de-Buch forest rises from the Pyla Dune in the background, in the Arcachon basin southwest France, on July 13, 2022. French Interior Minister said "2.800 hectares of pine trees have gone to smoke", as two fires hit the Gironde department, amid a heatwave across the country.
© Thibaud MORITZ / AFP
Alphajets from the French Air Force Patrouille de France release trails of red, white and blue smoke, colors of French national flag, over the Arc de Triomphe during a rehearsal, three days ahead of the Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue, on July 11, 2022 in Paris.
© Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP
A picture taken on July 13, 2022 shows a fireworks explode over the « Baie des anges » on the French riviera city of Nice, as part of France's annual Bastille Day Celebrations.
© Valery HACHE / AFP
Fireworks explode above the Eiffel Tower lightened up to the colours of the Ukrainian flag as part of the annual Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, on July 14, 2022.
© JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP
Visitors hike on the ice along a crevasse during a guided tour on the Matanuska Glacier, a 27-mile (43.5kms) long valley glacier feeding water into the Matanuska River, on July 10, 2022, about 100 miles (161kms) northeast of Anchorage near Palmer, Alaska. The glacier appears to be retreating each year as the access trail for tourists and guides must be constantly maintained through glacial silt and mud, over the rocky moraine and onto the ice featuring clean white and deep blue colors. While Alaska is home to about 25,000 glaciers, studies suggest that rising global temperatures linked to climate change are causing glaciers globally to melt. The Matanuska Glacier is the largest glacier accessible by car in the US via a private road and paying an access fee for a guided glacier tour that is a large part of an economy of tourism in the region.
© Patrick T. FALLON / AFP
A full super moon, rises behind a mountain in the Swiss Alps, seen from Chexbres, western Switzerland, on July 13, 2022.
© Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
Spectators run alongside Jumbo-Visma team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard as he cycles during the 11th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 151,7 km between Albertville and Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, in the French Alps, on July 13, 2022.
© Marco BERTORELLO / AFP