AFP wins three prizes at the Human Rights Press Awards
Iran-based Behrouz Mehri won two prizes in the photojournalism feature category for his images of street children and heroin addicts in the strife-torn southern Pakistani city of Karachi.
A Pulitzer for AFP: Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini wins award
He won the prize, one of the most prestigious in journalism, for his picture of a girl screaming in the aftermath of a suicide attack in Kabul in December 2011.
06/12/2011 - Kabul, Afghanistan - AFP/Massoud Hossaini
Debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in Bosnia-Herzegovina
The Council of Europe, and the Press Council and Journalists Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina stage a major debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in the country today.
The Council of Europe, and the Press Council and Journalists Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina stage a major debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in the country today.
Three AFP photographers win at the China International Press Photo contest (CHIPP)
Louisa Gouliamaki Gold Medal, General News Single
Louisa Gouliamaki
Gold Medal, General News Single
AFP awarded six prestigious photo prizes
04/16/2011 - Otsuchi, Japan - AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
AFP Photographer John Macdougall wins Rückblende Prize
GERMANY, HANOVER : Unidentified relatives of a German soldier killed in Afghanistan comfort each other following a funeral ceremony outside the Evangelische Epiphanias Church during a memorial service in the northern German city of Hanover, June 3, 2011. The three were killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan on May 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL
GERMANY, HANOVER : Unidentified relatives of a German soldier killed in Afghanistan comfort each other following a funeral ceremony outside the Evangelische Epiphanias Church during a memorial service in the northern German city of Hanover, June 3, 2011. The three were killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan on May 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL
AFP & Relaxnews launch a Lifestyle publication
AFP and Relaxnews have signed an agreement with Amazon in the US to distribute AFP-Relaxnews, a daily publication available on the Kindle and Kindle Fire, in both English and French.
AFP and Relaxnews have signed an agreement with Amazon in the US to distribute AFP-Relaxnews, a daily publication available on the Kindle and Kindle Fire, in both English and French.