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13/05/2025 - 07:47

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.

23/04/2025 - 11:51

AFP held fact-checking trainings before the 2025 International Fact-Checking Day

Four AFP journalists from the digital investigation department travelled to Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest, in March and April 2025 to provide fact-checking training to journalists and journalism students.

15/05/2021 - 20:03

AFP shocked after targeting of media building in Gaza

11/05/2021 - 15:17

AFP wins prize at the Istanbul Photo Awards 2021

AFP photographer Yuri Cortez has won the second place in the "Single News" category for his picture of an overcrowded cell at the Quezaltepeque prison, El Salvador.

10/05/2021 - 12:25

The 10 Most Popular Videos on AFP’s YouTube Channel - Week of May 3-9, 2021

VIDEO 1 Mexico City bridge collapses with metro train on it | AFP

06/05/2021 - 16:03

AFP won several awards at the 25th Human Rights Press Awards

AFP’s coverage of the Covid pandemic, the trafficking of Rohingya refugees and pro-democracy protests in Thailand was recognised with five awards at the 25th edition of the annual Human Rights Press Awards, jointly organized by Amnesty International Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Journalists Association.

05/05/2021 - 10:13

Tributes to Michèle Léridon

Michèle Léridon, former global news director and an iconic AFP journalist, died on Monday at the age of 62. Please send your tributes here if you knew or worked with her.

04/05/2021 - 07:42

AFP loses an iconic figure in Michèle Léridon

It is with shock and infinite sadness that AFP staff in France and the world over learned of the death of Michèle Léridon, 62, a former AFP Global News Director and a figure universally respected at the Agency.