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Thomas Coex
AFP Chief photographer for Israel and Palestinian Territories.
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Taking the time

Friday 11 May 2018

"If you want to know people’s secrets, you need time," writes Thomas Coex, AFP's chief photographer in Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

"You can’t just show up, snap some pictures for a few days and expect that people will open up to you. Especially if they are the guardians of the Tomb of Christ who have been in the Old City of Jerusalem for the last 800 years, the Christian group with the longest continuous presence in the Holy City."

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When the Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed

Monday 26 March 2018

"When you’re a journalist who works and lives in Jerusalem, you know that religious conflict is an important story," writes Thomas Coex, AFP's chief photographer for Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

"There’s so much tension here. You see it every day. We’re never far from a new conflict throughout the whole city."

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