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.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) has appointed Karl Malakunas, currently Asia-Pacific Deputy Editor-in-Chief, to lead its new Philanthropic Partnerships Initiative, starting on February 1. The initiative aims to raise funds and build relationships with philanthropic institutions, such as charitable foundations and non-profits, that support media projects aligned with AFP’s values and objectives.
AFP photojournalists Roman Pilipey and Luis Tato received multiple awards at the 2024 edition of the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, held on 16 November.
Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'image Association announced Saturday.
A Reuters journalist was killed Friday and six others from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were wounded while working in southern Lebanon, the three news organisations said.
A group of journalists from different media outlets were near Alma al-Shaab close to the border with Israel when they were caught up in cross-border shelling, one of the two wounded AFP correspondents said.
A Lebanese security source had told AFP that initial Israeli shelling followed an infiltration attempt by a Palestinian faction from the Lebanese side of the border.
The consortium is led by Charles University in Prague and the international multidisciplinary team includes AFP and Bellingcat.
CEDMO (Central European Digital Media Observatory) has been operating since 2021 with the help of fact checkers, social science and technology researchers, and investigative journalists to analyze and understand the impact of digital transformation on society.
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from September 7th to September 13th, 2024.
AFP photographer Christina Assi, who was severely injured on assignment last October in Lebanon, will carry the Olympic Flame on Sunday, 21 July, in Vincennes, France, "to pay tribute to those who have fallen" while doing their job as journalists, she explained.
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (21-28 April, 2023).
