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Arman Soldin, an eternal smile

16 May 2023

AFP video journalist Arman Soldin was killed in Ukraine on May 9. We remember a brilliant colleague whose work and ever-ready smile touched many hearts

AFP / Andrew Matthews
AFP / Richard Pohle
AFP / Odd Andersen
AFP / Sebastien Bozon

Inside a strangely sombre occasion

Pauline Froissart 11 May 2023

AFP’s Pauline Froissart was one of the lucky few to witness the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III from inside Westminster Abbey. This is what she saw

Buried past comes back to haunt France

Lucie Peytermann 20 April 2023

A series of investigations by AFP journalist Lucie Peytermann has forced the French government to face up to an historic wrong

AFP / Brendan Smialowski
AFP / Brendan Smialowski
AFP / John Amis
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Mass shootings: the other innocent victims

Bill McCarthy 31 March 2023

Every time there is a mass shooting in the United States, innocent people get blamed, falsely identified on social media as the shooter

‘Stalin is dead’: the story behind the scoop

3 March 2023

AFP was the first to bring the news of Stalin’s death to the world when the Soviet leader died suddenly 70 years ago

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