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Topshots of the Week (18 - 24 May 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from 18th to 24th May 2024.
The San Martin waterfall (C), part of the Iguazu Falls system, is illuminated by the Waxing Gibbous moon, as seen from the Mbigua waterfall (foreground) on the Iguazu River at Iguazu National Park near Puerto Iguazu, Misiones Province, Argentina, on the border with Brazil (L), on May 22, 2024. The Iguazu Falls are shared by Brazil and Argentina.
© Mariana SUAREZ / AFP
An aerial view shows an aircraft on the tarmac of the flooded Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 20, 2024. More than 600,000 people have been displaced by the heavy rain, flooding, and mudslides that have ravaged the southern part of Rio Grande do Sul for around two weeks.
© Anselmo CUNHA / AFP
Argentine President Javier Milei (C) dances during the presentation of his new book, 'Capitalism, Socialism, and the Neoclassical Trap', at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires on May 22, 2024.
© Luis ROBAYO / AFP
A labourer drinks water from a pipe at a brick kiln on a hot summer day in Sukkur, Sindh province, on May 23, 2024. The Pakistan Meteorological Department said temperatures are expected to hit as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of rural Sindh.
© Shahid ALI / AFP
A house partially destroyed by flooding is pictured in São Sebastião do Caí, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 21, 2024. More than 600,000 people have been displaced by the heavy rain, flooding, and mudslides that have ravaged the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul for around two weeks.
© Anselmo CUNHA / AFP
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in front of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas movement.
© Menahem KAHANA / AFP
Iranians gather at Valiasr Square in central Tehran to mourn the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash the previous day on May 20, 2024. President Raisi was confirmed dead after search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic Republic.
© Atta KENARE / AFP
Supporters of former US President Donald Trump attend a campaign rally at Crotona Park in the South Bronx, New York City on May 23, 2024.
© Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP