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Baghdad: forever on the brink

Ali Choukeir Friday 12 February 2021

Iraq is a country “that lives on the magic of its people, and their mystifying capacity to survive the misery that the last 1,400 years has thrown at them,” writes Ali Choukeir, former deputy bureau chief in Baghdad, who first arrived in the country in 2017. After living side-by-side with Iraqis and covering four years of uprisings, attacks and tragedies, the place and its people have etched an indelible place in his heart.

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Why AFP capitalises Black in North America – but not elsewhere

Eric Wishart Tuesday 26 January 2021

Following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020 and the subsequent protests against police brutality, there was widespread adoption in the US media of capitalised Black to refer to African Americans and other members of the African diaspora. That immediately raised the question of whether AFP, an international news agency based in Paris with a substantial editorial presence in North America, should do the same. Now, as Kamala Harris becomes the first woman and person of colour to hold the office of vice president, Stylebook editor Eric Wishart looks back at how the agency made its decision on the capitalisation of Black.

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The mittens

Brendan Smialowski, Jennie Matthew Saturday 23 January 2021

It’s the cult photo that broke the internet and launched a thousand memes. The picture of Bernie Sanders sitting cross-legged, arms folded and wearing mittens at Joe Biden’s inauguration became the most viral image of the day – a global phenomenon in a social media universe often affectionate towards the independent Senator from Vermont.   

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My last trip with Trump

Sebastian Smith Wednesday 20 January 2021

Washington DC - President Donald Trump -- he'd be President Trump for only another 180 minutes -- climbed the front steps of Air Force One. This icy cold January 20, the beautiful, glistening plane was taking him to Florida – and on a trip like no other.

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A happy interlude in Madrid

Alvaro Villalobos Friday 15 January 2021

It started like an ill-timed Christmas story, on January 7, the day after the Feast of Epiphany, usually a big celebration in Spain, writes Alvaro Villalobos, a journalist in AFP's Madrid bureau. For several hours, Madrid experienced a historic snowstorm and stood suspended in a dream of collective joy and revelry.

 

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