Washington (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 22:23:09 | US, Iran made 'very good progress' in nuclear talks: senior US official
Jerusalem (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 21:50:29 | Israel campaign group calls for deal to return Gaza hostages after Netanyahu's comment
Jerusalem (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 21:19:22 | Israeli PM says to return hostages without giving in to 'Hamas dictates'
Abuja (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 21:11:30 | Gunmen kill dozens in central Nigeria: governor's office
Kyiv (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 21:06:23 | Air-raid sirens sound in Kyiv despite Easter truce: AFP
Gaza City (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 20:48:45 | Gaza rescuers say at least 54 killed in Israeli strikes Saturday
Jerusalem (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 20:43:19 | Israel's Netanyahu vows to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear arms
Kyiv (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 20:30:04 | Zelensky says Ukraine will observe Easter ceasefire, accuses Russia of breaches
Kyiv (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 20:23:04 | Ukraine governor reports Russian drone attacks, says 'not seeing any lull' amid Putin ceasefire
Kyiv (AFP) | 19/04/2025 - 20:19:27 | Ukraine issues air-raid warnings across east
Patrick T. Fallon received 7 awards during the 2022 Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles Annual Contest (PPAGLA) edition.
2nd and 3rd prize in the Feature category
2nd prize for the picture of a migrant who just crossed the wall at the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on December 19, 2022.
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the regional winners of the renowned photo contest for the 2023 edition. This regional format brings together a regional and global jury that selects the winners from each region in four categories: Single Images, Series, Long-Term Projects, and Free Format. Tomás Cuesta, freelance photographer, was awarded a prize for AFP in Latin America.
AFP photographer Oli Scarff was honoured at the British Sports Journalism Awards (SJA) 2022.
Oli Scarff has won the award of Best News Picture for his shot of USA's coach Andrea Fuentes rescuing USA swimmer Anita Alvarez from the bottom of the pool during an incident in the women's solo free artistic swimming finals, during the World Aquatics Championships at the Alfred Hajos Swimming Complex in Budapest, Hungary on June 22, 2022.
The NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) Awards have honoured AFP photographer Luis Tato with three prizes in the Science, Science Story and Politics Story categories.
Based in Kenya, Luis Tato covers eastern Africa for AFP. The photographer has been honoured with the first prize in the Science category for his picture of elephant keeper Kiapi Lakupanai playing with two elephant calves in Reteti Sanctuary, at Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya, on October 12, 2022.
The 80th edition of world's oldest photojournalism contest Pictures of the Year International has once again honoured the work of AFP photojournalists.
International/National News Picture Story category
Eduardo Soteras received the first prize in the 'International/national News Picture Story" category with his series called Ethiopia: Afar under war.
The White House News Photographers Association's 2023 edition has awarded Brendan Smialowski and Jim Watson.
The Prix de l’écoute des collégiens et lycéens” (the “High School Students Listening Prize”) of the French Longueurs d’ondes (Wavelengths) festival has just been awarded a prize. The Longueurs d’ondes festival is one of the most prestigious podcast festivals in France.
The jury composed by pilots and the Dakar Director David Castera awarded the Émilie-Poucan Prize to Franck Fife for the best aerial photographic coverage.
The winning picture was taken during the prologue of the Dakar 2023 by the Red Sea in Yanbu.
AFP, in association with the European Fact-Checking Standards network (EFCSN) and other European stakeholders, announces the launch of a project to improve the capacities of European fact-checking organisations to tackle crisis situations. It is called FactCRICIS (European Fact-Checking Response in Climate Crises), co-funded by the European Union.
