Fabrice Coffrini wins the first prize at Swiss Press Photo 2023
The Swiss Press Photo has honoured AFP photographer Fabrice Coffrini with the first prize in the News category.
Trump admin memo incidental killing of endangered species lawful
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War with Europe would be 'very short' if West attacks, says Russian foreign minister
Russia has no intention of attacking Europe, but any conflict triggered by an attack from European nations would be "completely different" and "very short," says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking...
Trump to host Xi amid pomp, low expectations
The US military honor guard has been rehearsing and the new White House helipad is ready. But will Xi Jinping and Donald Trump achieve lift-off...
AFP photographer Patrick T. Fallon awarded with several prizes at the PPAGLA
Patrick T. Fallon received 7 awards during the 2022 Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles Annual Contest (PPAGLA) edition.
2nd and 3rd prize in the Feature category
2nd prize for the picture of a migrant who just crossed the wall at the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on December 19, 2022.
AFP rewarded at World Press Photo in Latin America
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the regional winners of the renowned photo contest for the 2023 edition. This regional format brings together a regional and global jury that selects the winners from each region in four categories: Single Images, Series, Long-Term Projects, and Free Format. Tomás Cuesta, freelance photographer, was awarded a prize for AFP in Latin America.
Oli Scarff honoured at British Sports Journalism Awards (SJA) 2022
AFP photographer Oli Scarff was honoured at the British Sports Journalism Awards (SJA) 2022.
Oli Scarff has won the award of Best News Picture for his shot of USA's coach Andrea Fuentes rescuing USA swimmer Anita Alvarez from the bottom of the pool during an incident in the women's solo free artistic swimming finals, during the World Aquatics Championships at the Alfred Hajos Swimming Complex in Budapest, Hungary on June 22, 2022.
AFP awarded at NPPA's 2023 "Best Of Photojournalism Competition"
The NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) Awards have honoured AFP photographer Luis Tato with three prizes in the Science, Science Story and Politics Story categories.
AFP awarded in several categories at POYi 2022
The 80th edition of world's oldest photojournalism contest Pictures of the Year International has once again honoured the work of AFP photojournalists.
International/National News Picture Story category
Eduardo Soteras received the first prize in the 'International/national News Picture Story" category with his series called Ethiopia: Afar under war.