AFP photographer Said Khatib wins the Mingote Prize in Spain
Said Khatib was awarded the prestigious Mingote Prize on Thursday in Madrid, in the presence of King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia, for a photograph taken in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.
BACKSTORY | Trauma and tragedy in the City of Angels: covering the LA fires
Terrified residents caught in blazing neighbourhoods, influencers ignoring the ban on drones and the frightening unpredictability of the wildfires are just some of what journalists covering the fires ravaging Los Angeles for AFP have had to manage.
BACKSTORY │"Like a dream": AFP photographer's return to Syria
AFP photographer Sameer al-Doumy never dreamed he would be able to return to the hometown in Syria that he escaped through a tunnel seven years ago after it was besieged by Bashar al-Assad's forces.
BACKSTORY I Arman and the war against journalists: A year of pain and loss
The killing of the brilliant young AFP journalist Arman Soldin on the front lines in Ukraine one year ago remains a uniquely traumatic event for all of us.
There is nothing more painful for a newsroom than to lose a friend and colleague in the line of fire.
By Phil Chetwynd, AFP Global News Director
