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Topshots of the Week (2-8 December 2023)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from the 2nd of December to the 8st of December 2023.
Palestinians mourn the death of loved ones following Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023, outside a hospital in Khan Yunis, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.
© Mahmud HAMS / AFP
A woman walks past Christmas market stalls in the snow-covered Red Square in Moscow on December 3, 2023.
© Alexey PAVLOVSKY / AFP
Vacationers play with inflatable donuts at a water park in Bishoftu on December 3, 2023. Just 40 kilometres outside Addis Ababa in the Oromia Region, Bishoftu is known for the number of crater lakes and its resorts, which makes it one of the premium leisure spots in the vicinity of the Ethiopian capital.
© Michele SPATARI / AFP
Ukrainian servicemen take part in a military training which focuses on fighting sabotage groups, in the Chernihiv region, on December 5, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
© Roman PILIPEY / AFP
Palestinians flee from Khan Yunis to Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 4, 2023, after the Israeli army called on people to leave certain areas in the city, as battles between Israel and Hamas militants continue. Israel expanded its offensive against Hamas militants in besieged Gaza, as international concern deepened over the mounting civilian death toll in a war sparked by the October 7 attacks.
© Mahmud HAMS / AFP
Lightning streaks across the skies over the coastal port city of Batroun, some 43km north of the Lebanese capital Beirut on December 6, 2023.
© Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP
A woman injured in an Israeli strike sits amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 3, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza on December 3 as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas.
© Said KHATIB / AFP
A resident wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in Chennai on December 4, 2023. Cyclone Michuang is expected to make landfall on December 5 along the southern coast.
© R. Satish BABU / AFP