AFP shows the work of its award-winning photographers during a photo festival in Berlin

Some of its best photos from 2012 will be shown by the International News Agency AFP at the Photo Festival The Browse opening on June 13, 2013 in the German capital.

Some of its best photos from 2012 will be shown by the International News Agency AFP at the Photo Festival The Browse opening on June 13, 2013 in the German capital.
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AFP Photographers dominate award at International Sportfolio Festival

AFP photographers scooped two gold medals, one silver and two bronze as the agency’s photographers dominated the annual Sportsfolio photo festival in Narbonne, France.

AFP photographers scooped two gold medals, one silver and two bronze as the agency’s photographers dominated the annual Sportsfolio photo festival in Narbonne, France.
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AFP Yasuyoshi Chiba World Press Photo of the Year

AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba has won the top prize at the World Press Photo Awards 2020, which also gave awards to three other photojournalists from the Agency this year.

AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba has won the top prize at the World Press Photo Awards 2020, which also gave awards to three other photojournalists from the Agency this year.
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AFP and Relaxnews are launching AFP-Relaxnews service in Brazil to bolster their world leadership in leisure news

AFP and Relaxnews, which already offer their AFP-Relaxnews service in English and in French, are launching the service in Brazil on June 26.

AFP and Relaxnews, which already offer their AFP-Relaxnews service in English and in French, are launching the service in Brazil on June 26.
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AFP launches major coverage of Confederations Cup

AFP is sending a 40 strong team to the Confederations Cup, which runs from June 15 to 30 in Brazil and is seen as a rehearsal for next year’s World Cup.

AFP is sending a 40 strong team to the Confederations Cup, which runs from June 15 to 30 in Brazil and is seen as a rehearsal for next year’s World Cup.
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100th Tour de France : AFP to transmit images in real time

AFP will be transmitting photographs from the 100th Tour de France in virtual real time thanks to innovative satellite technology which will allow transmission from motor cycles following the race.   AFP is installing auto-pointing satellite terminals which can transmit at rest or on the move.   They will allow photographers to send their images at any moment and in virtual real time, and will be particularly effective in stretches of the Tour where the phone network is insufficient to carry the agency’s production.

AFP will be transmitting photographs from the 100th Tour de France in virtual real time thanks to innovative satellite technology which will allow transmission from motor cycles following the race.   AFP is installing auto-pointing satellite terminals which can transmit at rest or on the move.   They will allow photographers to send their images at any moment and in virtual real time, and will be particularly effective in stretches of the Tour where the phone network is insufficient to carry the agency’s production.
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AFP Photographer Adrian Dennis wins 2013 Press Photographer’s Year Prize

AFP photographer Adrian Dennis has won photograph of the year at the press photographer’s 2013 competition for his striking image of Thai rider Nina Lamsan Ligon and her horse at the London Olympics. He also won the Sports Folio of the Year and Olympic Folio categories in the competition that rewards the best photographs in the British media.

AFP photographer Adrian Dennis has won photograph of the year at the press photographer’s 2013 competition for his striking image of Thai rider Nina Lamsan Ligon and her horse at the London Olympics. He also won the Sports Folio of the Year and Olympic Folio categories in the competition that rewards the best photographs in the British media.
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AFP appoints new bureau chiefs, heads of service

Emmanuel Giroud, 46, has been appointed head of the Cairo bureau and will take up the post in August. Hired onto AFP's international desk in 1996, he has worked in Lyon, Ajaccio and Nairobi. Emmanuel also ran the Islamabad bureau for several years and was chief of the Europe desk in Paris prior to this latest appointment.

Emmanuel Giroud, 46, has been appointed head of the Cairo bureau and will take up the post in August. Hired onto AFP's international desk in 1996, he has worked in Lyon, Ajaccio and Nairobi. Emmanuel also ran the Islamabad bureau for several years and was chief of the Europe desk in Paris prior to this latest appointment.
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