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Topshots of the Week (6-12 January 2024)
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from the 6th of January to the 12th of January 2024.
Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers hold candles as they gather to pray ahead of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas celebrations at the Bole Medhanialem Church in Addis Ababa on January 6, 2024. The Ethiopian Christmas, also called 'Gena' in Amharic, is celebrated on January 7.
© Amanuel SILESHI / AFP
This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 8, 2024, shows soldiers during operations in al-Bureij in the central Gaza Strip, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
© Menahem KAHANA / AFP
A young maiden of the Nazareth Baptist Church, from the Ekuphakameni group, also known as the Shembe Church, climbs the Nhlangakazi Holy Mountain in Ndwedwe, 85 kilometres north of Durban, on January 7, 2024. The devotees climb the mountain as part of their annual 10 day pilgrimage. The church was founded in 1913 and is one of the largest African traditionalist churches in Africa. They walk up to 68kms barefoot praying, worshipping, singing, dancing and camping on their four weeks stay at the mountain. The Shembe Church is the oldest independent indigenous Church in Southern Africa.
© Rajesh JANTILAL / AFP
Relatives, friends, and others mourn next to the coffin of Ukrainian poet and serviceman Maksym Kryvtsov at the Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv on January 11, 2024. Hundreds attended the ceremony to honour the 33-year-old soldier, known as "Dali," who was killed while fighting Russian troops, sparking emotional tributes across Ukraine. He joined the army as a volunteer in 2022 at the start of the Russian invasion and served as a machine gunner.
© Roman PILIPEY / AFP
(From left to right) US film editor Carol Littleton, US actor Mel Brooks, and US actress Angela Bassett pose with their Academy Honorary Award, while US film executive Michelle Satter poses with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 14th Annual Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on January 9, 2024.
© Robyn BECK / AFP
Anglers fish through holes on a frozen river during the annual ice fishing festival in Hwacheon, South Korea, on January 7, 2024.
© Jung YEON-JE / AFP
Outgoing French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne (on the left) greets her successor, Gabriel Attal, at the end of the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on January 9, 2024
© Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP
Team Audi Sport's Spanish drivers Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz steer their car during stage 6 of the Dakar rally 2024, a 48-hour race around Shubaytah, Saudi Arabia, on January 11, 2024.
© Patrick HERTZOG / AFP