December 23

Nepal

When the serial killer Charles Sobhraj

whose murderous career was drama

tised in the Netflix series The Serpent

was unexpectedly released from a

Nepalese jail the authorities used de

coys to smuggle him quietly out of the

country But AFP still managed to track

him down

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How AFP caught up with The Serpent

© Atish Patel / AFP

EXCLUSIVES

2022

September 30

Burkina Faso

For hours AFP was the only media to

have images of the new junta leaders

parading in the streets of Ouagadou

gou

Olympia de Maismont / AFP

October 20

Chad

AFP was first with images and first to

report the death toll from the bloody

crackdown in October

Chads government announced an

overnight curfew and said deadly cla

shes between police and demonstra

tors protesting the militarys grip on

power claimed around 50 lives

AFP

September 15

Syria

An exclusive investigation revealed the

use of 'salt rooms' as torture chambers

against prisoners.

Read the investigation Syria: ex-priso-

ners haunted by horrors of 'salt rooms'

Olympia DE Maismont / AFP

August 4

Taïwan

AFP had exclusive images for 48 hours

of Chinese military helicopters near is-

lands claimed by Beijing.

Hector Retamal / AFP

April-May

Sri Lanka

AFP provided unrivalled multimedia

coverage of anti-government demons-

trations.

Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP

June 22

Hungary

Exclusive AFP pictures of Anita Alvarez

the US swimmer who fainted and was

saved by her coach had a huge global

impact and sparked considerable emo

tion As soon as it happened I knew it

was a big story a major incident But

we didnt know what her condition

was so I waited before sending the

pictures Oli Scarff said

Read the Correspondent blog post

When seconds seem like hours

Oli Scarf / AFP