Myanmar journalist receives AFP’s Kate Webb Prize

Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu received the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize on Monday for his courageous coverage of ethnic and religious conflict in Myanmar's borderlands.

Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu received the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize on Monday for his courageous coverage of ethnic and religious conflict in Myanmar's borderlands.

AFP introduces a new Instagram account: afpsport

This new account shares the best of AFP’s daily sports photo production and is launched as we have more than 30 AFP photojournalists in South Korea covering the Olympic Games. Through instagram.com/afpsport, AFP highlights the fruits of a long history of excellence in sports coverage, with global scoops, technical innovation – for example, in record fast transmission times – and images that have marked the world and earned a host of international awards.

This new account shares the best of AFP’s daily sports photo production and is launched as we have more than 30 AFP photojournalists in South Korea covering the Olympic Games. Through instagram.com/afpsport, AFP highlights the fruits of a long history of excellence in sports coverage, with global scoops, technical innovation – for example, in record fast transmission times – and images that have marked the world and earned a host of international awards.

AFP kicks off a two-week adventure

As the opening ceremony officially launches the Games, the AFP team on the ground is mobilised to offer comprehensive real-time coverage of this major global sporting event.

As the opening ceremony officially launches the Games, the AFP team on the ground is mobilised to offer comprehensive real-time coverage of this major global sporting event.

Winter Games: AFP to provide in-depth coverage of the showpiece event

After the opening ceremony, the AFP team now gets to the heart of the matter by covering the Winter Games' showpiece event, the men's downhill.

After the opening ceremony, the AFP team now gets to the heart of the matter by covering the Winter Games' showpiece event, the men's downhill.

Winter Games : AFP team is mobilised to follow the North Korean delegation

As North Korea and South Korea marched together at the opening ceremony and competed as one with the first-ever joint Korean women's ice hockey team, AFP is mobilising 2 photographers, 1 videographer and 1 journalist to provide full media coverage of the North Korean delegation.

As North Korea and South Korea marched together at the opening ceremony and competed as one with the first-ever joint Korean women's ice hockey team, AFP is mobilising 2 photographers, 1 videographer and 1 journalist to provide full media coverage of the North Korean delegation.

Winter Olympics: When Thomas Bach (AFP) meets Thomas Bach (CIO)

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic fencing champion in 1976, has very much made the news since the start of the Pyeongchang Games. This is also the case for the other Thomas Bach, a reporter for AFP’s sports department - one of them is the Story, while the other one tells it. And what was bound to happen did: the two men met. Our reporter tells us how it went.

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic fencing champion in 1976, has very much made the news since the start of the Pyeongchang Games. This is also the case for the other Thomas Bach, a reporter for AFP’s sports department - one of them is the Story, while the other one tells it. And what was bound to happen did: the two men met. Our reporter tells us how it went.

Searing Venezuela shot was personal for AFP photographer

It is one of those images that leaps out from the page: a young Venezuelan man engulfed in flames runs in panic through a fiery street, a gas mask obscuring his face. In the picture, which was nominated Wednesday for the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award, it is the little details that stand out: A graffiti gun spray-painted on a wall fires the word "peace" from its barrel.

It is one of those images that leaps out from the page: a young Venezuelan man engulfed in flames runs in panic through a fiery street, a gas mask obscuring his face. In the picture, which was nominated Wednesday for the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award, it is the little details that stand out: A graffiti gun spray-painted on a wall fires the word "peace" from its barrel.

Winter Games: Shaun White, outstanding champion, makes the headlines of AFP coverage

As Shaun White wins his third halfpipe Olympic gold this Wednesday, reinforcing his position of snowboarding legend, AFP provides full coverage that is equal to jumps of such amplitude.

As Shaun White wins his third halfpipe Olympic gold this Wednesday, reinforcing his position of snowboarding legend, AFP provides full coverage that is equal to jumps of such amplitude.
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