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Topshots of the Week (23 November - 29 November, 2024)

 

A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from November 23rd to November 29th, 2024.

 

A man watches houses on fire at Tondo in Manila on November 24, 2024. Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky, as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila. JAM STA ROSA / AFP

A man watches houses on fire at Tondo in Manila on November 24, 2024. Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky, as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital. © Jam Sta Rosa / AFP

 

A protester throws a stone while clashing with Mozambican riot police in Maputo on November 27, 2024. Fresh anti-government protests erupted in Mozambique on November 27, 2024 after a police vehicle mowed down a woman at a demonstration in the capital for the opposition leader disputing October elections in a deadly weeks-long standoff.

A protester throws a stone while clashing with Mozambican riot police in Maputo on November 27, 2024. Fresh anti-government protests erupted after a police vehicle mowed down a woman at a demonstration in the capital for the opposition leader disputing October elections in a deadly weeks-long standoff. © Alfredo Zuniga / AFP 

 

Motorists drive past a destroyed building in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 27, 2024, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.

Motorists drive past a destroyed building in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 27, 2024, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. © AFP 

 

Greek pensioners take part in a demonstration to call for an increase in pensions and free public health care in central Athens on November 22, 2024. Aris MESSINIS / AFP

Greek pensioners take part in a demonstration to call for an increase in pensions and free public health care in central Athens on November 22, 2024. © Aris Messinis / AFP

 

A man wades through floodwaters resulting from overflow from a river after heavy rain in Jakarta on November 28, 2024. BAY ISMOYO / AFP

A man wades through floodwaters resulting from overflow from a river after heavy rain in Jakarta on November 28, 2024. © Bay Ismoyo / AFP

 

Police personnel baton-charge protesting supporters of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a jailed Hindu monk leader, member of the Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatan Jagaran Jote group and former member of ISKCON, during a demonstration after court denied his bail in Chittagong on November 26, 2024.

Police personnel baton-charge protesting supporters of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a jailed Hindu monk leader, during a demonstration after court denied his bail in Chittagong, Bangladesh on November 26, 2024. © AFP

 

Gisele Pelicot (2nd R) followed by her lawyer lawyer Stephane Babonneau (R), is congratulated by women outside the Avignon courthouse after the prosecution concluded its case amid the trial of Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging his former wife Gisele for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on November 27, 2024.

Gisele Pelicot is congratulated by women outside the Avignon courthouse after the prosecution concluded its case amid the trial of Dominique Pelicot, on November 27, 2024. © Christophe Simon / AFP

 

Civilians wearing military uniforms take part in a military training organized by Ukrainian soldiers of The Third Separate Assault Brigade in Kyiv, on November 23, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP

Civilians wearing military uniforms take part in a military training organized by Ukrainian soldiers of The Third Separate Assault Brigade in Kyiv, on November 23, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. © Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP