Awards

13/04/2026 - 15:50

AFP honoured at the AIPS Sport Media Awards

Loïc Venance and Valéry Hache have been honoured at the 2026 edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards, organised by the International Sports Press Association.

09/04/2026 - 11:00

AFP Honoured at the 2026 World Press Photo Awards

The famous photojournalism competition has announced the regional winners of its 2026 edition. AFP photographer Luis Tato has been recognised in the Stories category for Africa for his coverage of Madagascar's protests.

01/04/2026 - 15:57

AFP Honoured at the Istanbul Photo Awards 2026

Olesya Kurpyayeva, Tony Karumba, Josh Edelson, Ernesto Benavides, Luis Tato, and Omar Al-Qattaa have been recognised at the 2026 edition of the Istanbul Photo Awards.

07/11/2025 - 15:23

Josh Edelson wins the 2025 Varenne/Canon Grand Prize

American photographer Josh Edelson has won the 2025 Varenne/Canon Grand Prize for Photojournalism for his series “Deadly Wildfires in California”, produced as part of his collaboration with AFP. The award recognises his unique eye, capable of restoring both the force and the tragedy of a disaster we thought we already knew by heart.

03/10/2025 - 14:07

AFP wins top prize at Africa Fact Check Awards

AFP digital investigation reporter Samad Uthman won the coveted “Fact Check of the Year” award in the professional fact-checker category at the Africa Facts Summit, held in Dakar on October 1-2.

23/06/2025 - 15:44

AFP photographer Dimitar Dilkoff honoured at the Deauville Sport Images Festival

For the inaugural edition of the Deauville Sport Images Festival, launched on 21 June, AFP photographer Dimitar Dilkoff was awarded the Prize for Best Paralympic Photograph.

13/05/2025 - 09:47

Breach-Valdez Journalism Prize in Mexico: A Look Back at the Migrant Plight

Two investigations into the plight of migrants won the support of the jury members—including AFP—for this award, which honours the memory of two Mexican journalists murdered in 2017.

02/04/2025 - 16:02

AFP photographer Jim Watson honored at the WHCA Journalism Awards 2025

The AFP photographer was honored during the 2025 WHCA Journalism Awards edition, organised every year by the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA).

27/03/2025 - 12:00

AFP Honoured at the 2025 World Press Photo Awards

The famous photojournalism competition has announced the regional winners of its 2025 edition. AFP has been recognised in the Stories category for North and Central America as well as for Africa, and in the Singles category for the Asia-Pacific & Oceania region and South America.

21/03/2025 - 13:17

AFP Honoured at the 2025 Istanbul Photo Awards

Omar Al-Qattaa, Eyad Baba, Sameer Al-Doumy and Luis Tato were recognised at the 2025 edition of the Istanbul Photo Awards.