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Topshots of the Week (14-20 September, 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from September 14th to September 20th, 2024.
A captive elephant is made to swim for visitors at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province on September 15, 2024.
© Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
The photo taken on September 17, 2024 shows a villager walking over burning charcoal to perform a traditional fire-walking ritual called "Lianhuo" at Shuangfeng village in Jinhua, in eastern China's Zhejiang province.
© Stringer / AFP
A villager carries a bucket to combat a wildfire raging in Busturenga, Albergaria-a-Velha in Aveiro on September 16, 2024. Portugal today received pledges of support from its European partners as it battled northern forest fires that have killed two people and injured a dozen firefighters.
© Patricia DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP
The National Congress building in Brasilia is partially covered by smoke from the fire affecting the Brasilia National Park, a nature reserve located just outside the capital, on September 16, 2024.
The blaze is the biggest Brasilia has seen this year, as the city hits 145 days without rain.
© Evaristo SA / AFP
Climbers are silhouetted against the full moon as they descend from the summit of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on September 17, 2024.
© Saeed KHAN / AFP
A model walks the runway during the Roberto Cavalli collection show at Milan's Fashion Week Womenswear Spring / Summer 2025, on September 18, 2024 in Milan.
© Gabriel BOUYS / AFP
People are evacuated by helicopters of the Italian Air Force during floods in the small village of Traversara, on September 19, 2024. Many inhabitants caught by the flood were still stuck in their homes. The strong winds and rains which have swept across central and eastern Europe, killing 24 people, pummeled the Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions, with over 1,000 people evacuated from homes.
© Frederico SCOPPA / AFP
People ride a Mascaret wave (tidal bore) on surfboards and paddleboards in Saint-Pardon along the Dordogne river, south-western France on September 18, 2024. The Mascaret is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave of water that travels up a river or narrow bay.
© Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP