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Topshots of the Week (10-16 February 2024)

 

A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from the 10th to the 16th of February 2024.

A member of Portela samba school perform during the last night of the Carnival parade at the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 12, 2024.
© Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP

Republican Guards carry the coffin of former French justice minister Robert Badinter during a national tribute ceremony in his honour outside the Ministry of Justice, at the Place Vendome, in Paris on February 14, 2024. Badinter, who died on February 9, 2024, at the age of 95, saved many lives by dedicating his own to the fight against capital punishment, playing a pivotal role in banning the guillotine in 1981.​
© Ludovic MARIN / AFP

Ukrainian servicemen carry the portrait and coffin of German national Diana Wagner, a volunteer of the Carpathian Sich Battalion, during her funeral service in St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, on February 14, 2024. Diana Wagner was a combat medic who died in eastern Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.
© Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP

Supporters of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party block the Peshawar to Islamabad highway as they protest against the alleged skewing in the national election results. Peshawar on February 12, 2024.
© Abdul MAJEED / AFP 

This photograph, taken on February 14, 2024, shows a stuffed farmer’s working coverall (C) and a sign in French that reads 'Agriculture: as a child, you dream; as an adult, you die.' It is displayed near a cross in a vineyard in Calignac, 22 km east of Agen, southwestern France, to raise awareness of excessive financial charges and environmental protection rules, as well as insufficient prices for French farmers' production.
© Philippe LOPEZ / AFP

Palestinians fleeing Khan Yunis arrive in Rafah with their belongings in a damaged car on February 15, 2024, as battles raged in the southern Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.​
© Mohammed ABED / AFP

Members of the indigenous Baduy tribe check the candidate list at a polling station before casting their ballots in Indonesia’s presidential and legislative elections. Kanekes Village, Lebak, Banten province, February 14, 2024.
© Aditya AJI / AFP

A flower vendor arranges roses for sale on the eve of Valentine’s Day at KR Market in Bengaluru, India on February 13, 2024.
© Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP