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Topshots of the Week (5-11 November, 2022)

 

Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (5-11 November, 2022).

 

A man walks on the Promenade des anglais during the sunset in Nice, on November 5, 2022.
© Valery HACHE / AFP

Republican gubernatorial candidate for Florida Ron DeSantis walks onstage during an election night watch party at the Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, on November 8, 2022. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has been tipped as a possible 2024 presidential candidate, was projected as one of the early winners of the night in Tuesday's midterm election.
© Giorgio VIERA / AFP

A model walks along a railway tracks illuminated by welding flash from a propped artisanal operation during an evening open-air fashion show at the Kibera Fashion Week where several local start-up artists featured a variety of their designs at Nairobi's largest slum, Kibera on November 11, 2022.
© Tony KARUMBA / AFP

A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut on November 8, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
© Bulent KILIC / AFP

Philippines' Carlos Edriel Yulo competes during the Men's Floor Exercise final at the World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, northern England on November 5, 2022.
© Paul ELLIS / AFP

The blood moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse in Fish Creek, some 230 kilometres southeast of Melbourne on November 8, 2022.
© William WEST / AFP

This aerial view shows fighters affiliated with Syria's "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (HTS) rebel-group, performing their prayers during a military excercise on attacking tactics with live ammunition, on the outskirts of the northwestern province of Idlib, on November 8, 2022. The last pocket of armed opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime includes large swathes of Idlib province and parts of the neighbouring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), headed by ex-members of Syria's former Al-Qaeda franchise, is the dominant group in the area but other rebel groups are also active.
© Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP

Former US President Donald Trump arrives for a "Save America" rally ahead of the midterm elections at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on November 5, 2022.
© Angela WEISS / AFP