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🇦🇷 A cat sits on heads of garlic at a stall of the Central Market in Tapiales, Buenos Aires 📷 @rschemidt #AFP
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#Indonesia At least 129 dead in Indonesia football stadium riot #AFP
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#UnitedStates - Aerial view of people gathering to pay tribute at a makeshift memorial in honour of George Floyd in Minnesota. 📸 @Chandanphoto #AFP #GeorgeFloyd #MinneapolisProtest #BlackLivesMatter
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#Slovakia A Slovak soldier helps a Ukrainian woman to carry her luggage after after she crossed the border in Vysne Nemecke, eastern Slovakia. 📸 Peter Lazar #AFP
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#Ukraine A member of Ukrainian forces, wearing Guy Fawkes mask (Anonymous mask), patrols downtown Kyiv. 📸 @ArisMessinis #AFP
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#Turkey - Mesut Hancer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak, who died in the earthquake in Kahramanmaras. 📷 @AdemAltan3 #AFP
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#hongkong Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow looks out of a car window while being driven away by police from her home after she was arrested under the new national security law in Hong Kong late on August 10, 2020. #AFP
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#China - A bus is disinfected with ultraviolet rays as part of measures against of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Shanghai. #AFP 📸 @hectorretamal
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#Poland MPs in LGBT flag protest against Polish president. 📸 Wojtek Radwanski #AFP
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A gust of wind lifts Pope Francis' cassock during his a weekly outdoors general audience with the public at San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican. A picture by #AFP photographer Filippo MONTEFORTE
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#France Aerial picture of the Mont-Saint-Michel surrounded by the sea during high tide. 📷 @DamienMeyerAfp #AFP
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And big congrats to @NAsfouri who wins 1st Prize in General News category for a series of pictures taken during anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong in 2019 #AFP #WPPh2020 @WorldPressPhoto
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Japanese actor and singer Jun Shison poses for a photo session during the 2nd edition of the Cannes International Series Festival. #AFP @CANNESERIES @villecannes #Series @jun_shison0305 📷 @JoelSaget
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#AFP Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96
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🇬🇧 A black cat stops play during the English Premier League match between Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers. #AFP 📸 @ellophoto
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#IRAQ Iraq's capital Baghdad woke up covered in a thin layer of fresh snow, an extremely rare phenomenon for one of the world's hottest countries. 📸 @mo_sawaf #AFP
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Riot police chase Hong Kong Mother's Day protesters #AFP 📷 Isaac Lawrence #AFP
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🇪🇬 Egypt unearths tomb of ancient high priest. 📸 Khaled DESOUKI #AFP
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Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip dead age 99 #AFP
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Pope Francis waves to well wishers while wearing his poncho on a rainy day in Tacloban | By @afp 's @johaynz http://t.co/Tld2bWyBL1
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27th edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award - #photographer Anthony WALLACE winner of the 1st Prize for Public's choice for his work on Hong Kong protest. Congratulations @AntAFP
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#ElSalvador Members of the MS-13 and 18 gangs remain in an overcrowded cell at the Quezaltepeque prison 📷 @YuriYurisky #AFP #Coronavirus #COVID19
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🇬🇧 Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is flanked by men's race winner Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge (L) and women's race winner, Kenya's Brigid Kosgei (R) at the medal ceremony at the 2019 London Marathon in central London on April 28, 2019. 📸 Ben STANSALL #AFP
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Two Koreas march together at #PyeongChang2018 Winter Olympics #OpeningCeremony
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#HongKong - Toy Story: Hong Kong protest models become major hit. #AFP 📸 Philip Fong
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🇺🇦 A full moon rises above Kiev 📷 @sergeygapon #AFP
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People gather to mourn the victims of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by Eritrean Soldiers in the village of Dengolat, North of Mekele, the capital of Tigray. 📸 @edusoteras #AFP
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Hong Kong protesters defy mask ban as city grinds to halt #AFP 📸 @NAsfouri
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#US - Bioluminescent waves crash on the sand in Manhattan Beach, California. #AFP 📸 Valerie Macon
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#HongKong - Toy Story: Hong Kong protest models become major hit. #AFP 📸 Philip Fong
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Hong Kong police clamp down on national anthem law protests #AFP 📸 @AntAFP 📸 Isaac Lawrence
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#Australia - Osaka shows gentle touch to reach last 16 at Open. 📸 Paul Crock #AFP 📸 David Gray
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Wedding not far from check-point on Kyiv. #AFP 📸 Genya Savilov
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#UK - Tower of London ravens re-adapt to life after lockdown. #AFP 📸 @TolgaAkmen
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🇮🇳 India's 'granny' elephant dies aged 88 #AFP #Dakshayani
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Capturing the winning shots of this year's @HRPressAwards . @AntAFP takes you behind the scenes of the powerful images from the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019. @AFPblogs @AFPphoto
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#Bulgaria People paint the figures of Soviet soldiers using Ukranian flag colours at the base of the Soviet Army monument in Sofia. 📸 Nikolay Doychinov #AFP
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#Lebanon Thousands protest against Lebanese leadership after deadly blast. 📸 #AFP
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#Chile Thousands of people protest in Santiago, on October 25, 2019, a week after violence protests started. #AFPphoto by @ugartep
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Capturing the winning shots of this year's @HRPressAwards . @AntAFP takes you behind the scenes of the powerful images from the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019. @AFPblogs @AFPphoto
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Congratulations to #AFP photographer @AntAFP for his Photography (Series) award at this year’s Human Rights Press Awards
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, dressed as Super Mario, during the closing ceremony. By @philippe_lopez #AFP
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#Thailand - Thai police use water cannon against Bangkok protesters. #AFP 📸 @TheLilyfish
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#Lebanon Huge explosion rocks Beirut. 📸 Anwar Amro #AFP
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Super Blood Moon. #AFP
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#Russia - New trial against Kremlin critic Navalny starts. #AFP 📸 Alexander NEMENOV #AFP
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🇦🇫 In memory of Shah Marai, AFP’s chief photographer in Afghanistan A selection of his work
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#AFP photographers scoop up 'World Press Photo of the Year' and other prizes at @WorldPressPhoto 2020. Here they are in their own words. Congratulations to @YasuyoshiChiba @NAsfouri @oliscarff and @seandaveyaus ! @AFPblogs
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'Ring of fire' eclipse wows across Asia. #AFP 📸 Louis Kwok 📸 Arun Sankar 📸 Yasser Al-Zayyat 📸 @mirroreye
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#MEX #US Venezuelan artist Manuel Oliver, father of a student killed in the Parkland shooting, walks near the Mexico-US border fence with a mural made by him reading "On the other side they also kill our sons" in Tijuana @AFPphoto by @GmoAriasC
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#China - Hong Kong satirists say self-censorship already blunting dissent. #AFP 📸 @AntAFP 📸 @ILawrencephoto
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#Italy A residents uses pot lids to play cymbals as she takes part in a music flash mob called "Look out from the window, Rome mine !" aimed at liven up the city's silence during the new coronavirus lockdown, from her balcony in Rome 📷 @ADS4AFP #afp #covid_19
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🇺🇸 The full moon rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City. 📸 @johaynz #AFP
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#China #HongKong Hong Kongers sing protest anthem one year after major clashes. 📸 @AntAFP #AFP
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Hong Kong protests one year on: The medic #AFP 📸 @AntAFP 📸 @TheLilyfish
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Hong Kong dissident reopens bookshop in Taiwan, defying Beijing #AFP
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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong reveals fear of arrest #AFP 📸 @AntAFP
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#Thailand #HongKong Young and restless: Protest parallels in Thailand and Hong Kong #AFP
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Hong Kong democrats hold primary despite security law warning #AFP 📸 May James
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230 arrested in Hong Kong's first major protests since virus began #AFP 📷 Isaac Lawrence #AFP
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#Ukraine Ukraine's biggest national flag flies in Kyiv. 📸 Genya Savilov #AFP
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#Tokyo2020 Japan's Horigome crowned skateboarding's first Olympic champion #AFP
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#Iceland - Volcanic eruption underway near Reykjavik #AFP 📸 Jeremie Richard
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#Coronavirus #COVID19 #Spain Healthcare workers applaud in memory of their co-worker Esteban, a male nurse that died of the coronavirus disease at the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes, near Madrid. 📸Pierre-Philippe Marcou #AFP
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Wild horses flourish in #Chernobyl 35 years after explosion. #AFP
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Hong Kong democrats hold primary despite security law warning #AFP 📸 May James
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Chile's desert dumping ground for fast fashion leftovers. #AFP 📸 @MartinBernetti
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#France - A protester uses a racket to return a teargas projectile during a demonstration against a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul in Nantes. 📷 @LoicVenance #AFP
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#India In Kashmir, the hills are alive with the sound of schooling #AFP
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Kindu Fenta, 17, reads a book inside a classroom which was allegedly looted by pro-TPLF (Tigray People Liberation Front) rebels in Zarima, 140 kilometers from Gondar, Ethiopia. #AFP 📸 @amanuel4sileshi
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#Germany Protesters crowd around the victory column and close to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to demonstrate for peace in Ukraine. 📸 @odd_andersen #AFP
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Hong Kong police say at least 60 arrested for illegal protests #AFP 📸 May James
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#US - National Guard troops deploy to Capitol for inauguration. 📸 @saulloeb #AFP
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Huge congrats to @YasuyoschiChiba who wins ‘World Press Photo of the Year’ award for his photo of a young man reciting protest poetry while demonstrators chant slogans calling for civilian rule in Khartoum, Sudan #AFP #WPPh2020 @WorldPressPhoto
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27th edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award - #photographer Anthony WALLACE winner of the 1st Prize for Public's choice for his work on Hong Kong protest. Congratulations @AntAFP
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Baby pandas born in France nearly two months old. #AFP 📸 Guillaume Souvant
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Donald Trump's plane passes Hillary Clinton's campaign plane at McCarran International Airport, in Las Vegas. By @b_smialowski #AFP
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#France - Baby puma born in Paris zoological park. #AFP 📸 Thomas Samson
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#Belarus - People of Minsk bid farewell to protester killed in post-election unrest. #AFP 📸 @sergeygapon
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Curtain falls on Hong Kong's oldest satirical TV show #AFP 📸 @AntAFP
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AFP’s photographers Ronaldo Schemidt, Juan Barreto and Oli Scarff won World Press Photo contests as Photo of the Year, 3rd place in Spot News Sinlgles and 1st Sport Single, respectively. Big Congratulations to all! @rschemidt , @jbarreto1974 @oliscarff #AFPphoto
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Half million Hong Kong people vote in pro-democracy primaries. 📸 Isaac Lawrence #AFP
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Bodies of Covid-19 coronavirus victims lined up before cremation at a cremation ground in New Delhi. 📷 @Money_Sharma
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#India Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik gives final touches to a sculpture in honour of British physicist and award-winning author Stephen Hawking at Puri beach #stephenhawking
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University students wear Guy Fawkes masks before their graduation ceremony at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. #AFP 📷 @herime23
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#Ukraine - Taking refuge in a metro station in Kyiv. 📸 Fadel Senna #AFP
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ARGENTINA: Football legend Maradona dead at 60
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Hong Kong police swarm border town on anniversary of protest attack #AFP 📸 @daledelarey
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#WorldCup #CRO #ENG #CROENG Fans cheer before the match Croatia vs England 📷 @franck_fife @YuriYurisky @MananVatsyayana & Kirill Kudryavtsev
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#AFP photographer @ludovic_marin captures scenes in front of the Eiffel Tower at the Champ de Mars in paris after snowfalls.
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#Lebanon Hard on the eyes: Beirut blast leaves many half blinded. 📸 @anwaramro11 #AFP
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Taliban strike journalists at Kabul women's rights protest #AFP 📸 @Kilicbil
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US marks 9/11 attacks anniversary #911anniversary
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#WorldCup AFP photographer becomes part of Croatia World Cup goal celebration; #AFP #CRO #ENG #CROENG 📸 @YuriYurisky 📸 @AFPMladen 📸 @jewelsamad
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Curtain falls on Hong Kong's oldest satirical TV show #AFP 📸 @AntAFP
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#EURO2020 Denmark star Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch in Saturday's Euro 2020 game against Finland in Copenhagen, causing the suspension of the match in the first half.
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#UK - Larry the Cat marks 10 years' ruling Downing Street roost. #AFP
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Two Ukrainian soldiers got married on Sunday at a checkpoint at one of the entrances to Kyiv. 📸 Genya Savilov #AFP
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#Coronavirus #COVID19 Pictures taken by Paolo Miranda inside the Cremona hospital, southeast of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. #AFP
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