AFP photographer Aris Messinis has received the Visa d’Or for news at the 28th international Visa pour l’Image photo festival in Perpignan for his coverage of migrants landing on the beaches of Lesbos.

Fabrice Lacroix has been appointed as managing director of AFP, taking over from Rémi Tomaszewski.

Grégory Berthelot has been appointed as deputy managing director and financial and administrative director of AFP, replacing Fabrice Lacroix who has taken over as managing director.

“Refugees across Europe” is an exhibition of the work of 16 AFP photographers who followed migrants from June 2015 to July 2016, from the Turkish-Syrian border to the Channel tunnel entrance.

AFP-Services is proud to have been selected as the exclusive photo provider for coverage of the MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016 as well as the provider for video highlights for the International broadcast market.

Agence France-Presse and Hong Kong University journalism school on Friday signed an extensive partnership agreement that includes internships, joint editorial projects and the publication of the Agency’s ethics guidelines in Chinese

Independent Afghan TV news station Tolo has won the 2016 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize for its consistently fearless work reporting in one of the world's most dangerous countries.