Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic fencing champion in 1976, has very much made the news since the start of the Pyeongchang Games. This is also the case for the other Thomas Bach, a reporter for AFP’s sports department - one of them is the Story, while the other one tells it. And what was bound to happen did: the two men met. Our reporter tells us how it went.

It is one of those images that leaps out from the page: a young Venezuelan man engulfed in flames runs in panic through a fiery street, a gas mask obscuring his face. In the picture, which was nominated Wednesday for the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award, it is the little details that stand out: A graffiti gun spray-painted on a wall fires the word "peace" from its barrel.

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As Shaun White wins his third halfpipe Olympic gold this Wednesday, reinforcing his position of snowboarding legend, AFP provides full coverage that is equal to jumps of such amplitude.

The 2018 edition of the World Press Photo has rewarded three AFP photojournalists, including Ronaldo Schemidt, one of six finalists for the World Press Photo of the Year.

For this edition, AFP provides its customers with interactive graphics that feature the history of medals for each country and each sport.

Already pioneer in the use of underwater robots, AFP always goes one step further for the major sporting events. Robotic cameras allow photographers to go where no photographer had gone before, and therefore offer brand-new shots to the public.

As it does since the very beginning of the Syrian conflict, about 7 years ago, AFP works on the field to make the world realize about the tragedy currently happening in the Oriental Ghouta, a rebel headquarter near Damas. Since Sunday, a true downpour of fire is falling on these neighborhoods, besieged since 2013 by the by government forces and their allies. About 300 people died during these four days.

The AFP photo, video, text and infographic coverage of the Winter Olympics has been highly picked up by Asian media. The diplomatic aspect regarding North Korea is the most successful topic.

While the Winter Games ended yesterday, about 30,000 pictures have been broadcast. The greatest ones - taken by AFP photographers during the Games - are available on the Instagram account afpsport. Launched at the beginning of February, the account gathers the top sport pictures taken by the Agency photographers. The AFP’s sport production may also be consulted on the sports service’s Twitter account, @AFP_Sport