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Topshots of the Week (8-14 June 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from 8th to 14th June 2024.
People cross a street at sunset in Manhattan, New York City on June 10, 2024.
© Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP
Aerial view showing dead fish due to drought in the Bustillos Lagoon, near Anahuac, Chihuahua State, Mexico, taken on June 5, 2024. According to local authorities, the water levels of the Bustillos Lagoon are extremely low due to the high temperatures in recent days that exceeded 40 degrees Celsius, a phenomenon attributed to climate change.
© Alex ARZAGA / AFP
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates with the trophy after winning against Germany's Alexander Zverev at the end of their men's singles final match on Court Philippe-Chatrier on day fifteen of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on June 9, 2024.
© Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP
A firefighting aircraft releases flame retardant to extinguish fires caused by rockets launched from southern Lebanon which landed on the outskirts of Safed, in the upper Galilee, on June 12, 2024. Lebanon's Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, and Israel have been trading near-daily fire since the Gaza war was trigged by the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack on southern Israel.
© Jalaa MAREY / AFP
A man stands in a restaurant as Muslim worshippers walk around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 13, 2024, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. After travelling from all parts of the globe to Islam’s holiest city, the pilgrims will first perform the “tawaf” – walking seven times around the Kaaba, the giant black cube that Muslims worldwide pray towards every day.
© Fadel SENNA / AFP
A man stands at the city's observation deck in a park in Kyiv on June 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
© Roman PILIPEY / AFP
People on boats collect recyclable plastics from the heavily polluted Citarum River at Batujajar in Bandung, West Java, on June 12, 2024.
© Timur MATAHARI / AFP
Anti-riot police officers stand guard behind a Cadena 3 radio station car on fire during a protest outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires on June 12, 2024. Argentine senators are discussing a key reform package for the ultra-right-wing president Javier Milei, in a session marked by strikes and demonstrations in front of Congress.
© Luis ROBAYO / AFP