Olympics: special AFP coverage of this summer’s major sports event

Sports, a strategic priority, are being featured at AFP all summer. Beginning long before the start of the events, AFP has been on the ground since London was named in 2005 to hold this year’s Olympic Games to monitor preparations.   AFP is sending 180 journalists to the Olympics in the British capital to provide comprehensive coverage of all the action and behind-the-scenes news.  

AFP wins Asia prize for Best Environmental multimedia coverage

Agence France-Presse on Thursday was awarded top prize for its high-quality reporting on Asia’s fast-evolving environmental challenges.  

Three AFP exhibitions at Visa pour l’Image

AFP, as it does every year, is attending the Visa pour l’Image photo festival in Perpignan from September 1 to 16. This year no less than three of the 27 exhibitions on hand are devoted to AFP pictures. You can also meet us at the Palais des Congrès, stall 17, during the festival’s professional week from September 3 to 9. A thumbnail presentation of our pictures Pedro Ugarte et Ed Jones North Korea

AFP journalist Aris Messinis wins the Photography Prize at the Bayeux-Calvados Awards for War Correspondents

The jury of the 19th prix Bayeux-Calvados awards for war correspondents has rewarded Aris Messinis, photoreporter at Agence France-Presse.

US presidential election: AFP on the front page!

AFP photographer Bay Ismoyo wins the Indonesian Photo Award

The jury of the Indonesian Photo Award 2012 has rewarded Bay Ismoyo, photojournalist at the Agence France-Presse.