The 2023 edition of News Xchange, the annual meeting of the international media industry, is currently taking place in Dublin. AFP will take over the emblematic Gravity Bar in Dublin at the Guinness Storehouse on Monday, June 19 from 8 pm for an evening of networking, and will take part in conferences on Tuesday, June 20.

Last Monday, AFP and the NGO Chequeado lauched a new edition of the collaborative journalism consortium Reverso, uniting over 100 media outlets and organizations.

Reverso was launched for the first time during the 2019 Argentinian elections. Its objective is to fight against disinformation throughout the entirety of the elections through the production of articles and audio-visual content.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans race ("24 Heures du Mans" in French) will celebrate its centenary this year, during its 2023 edition on June 10-11. The internationally famous sports car race is held annually near the town of Le Mans, France, and it represents the world's oldest active endurance racing event.

For the 4th year running, AFP is partnering La Gacilly Photo Festival, which takes place from June 1 to October 1, 2023 in the Breton village.

The festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year – the theme of the event is Nature as Heritage, a reminder of its mission to work towards a more responsible world.

The French embassy in Hanoi hosted AFP’s "Road to 2024" exhibition, featuring 24 of our photos celebrating the Games and the Olympic spirit.

These exceptional shots were taken by AFP photographers at past Olympic competitions and at events leading up to the next Games to be held in Paris in 2024.

Beyond the sporting performances, our exhibition highlights the determination, courage and emotion of the athletes and allows us to imagine what the upcoming competitions in Paris will be like.

Arman Soldin was barely a year old when his mother carried him onto a humanitarian flight from war-torn Bosnia to France. On Tuesday, another conflict claimed the unshakeably smiling AFP video journalist's life in Ukraine.

AFP's Ukraine video coordinator Arman Soldin was killed on Tuesday by rocket fire near Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine. If you wish to pay tribute to him, send us your message and we'll publish it here.

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AFP's Ukraine video coordinator Arman Soldin was killed on Tuesday by rocket fire near Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine, AFP journalists who witnessed the incident said.

The attack happened at around 4:30 pm (1330 GMT) on the outskirts of the town close to Bakhmut, the epicentre of the fighting in eastern Ukraine for several months.