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Before, during and after the fall of Berlin Wall

Saturday 9 November 2019

To mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which changed the face of Europe and the world, AFP blogs bring you three tales -- before, during and after that shining moment in history.

Sabine Nickel, the secretary in AFP's East Berlin bureau who went on to work in the office of the re-unified capital and retired only last year, reminisces on what life was like behind the Iron Curtain.

Richard Ingham takes the reader on a tour of the night the wall fell, with the shock, confusion and sheer luck that helped make it such a poignant, momentous occasion.

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Once in a super blue blood moon

Thursday 1 February 2018

Paris -- Parts of the world were treated to a veritable lunar bonanza this week, an astronomical hat-trick known as the “super blue blood moon” -- an extra big 'super' moon, a rare 'blue' moon and a total lunar eclipse.

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  • AFP / Vyacheslav Oseledko

Baby it's cold outside

Friday 29 December 2017

As cold weather blankets much of the northern hemisphere with the onset of winter, AFP photographers head outdoors to capture the chilly moments.

Here are just a few of our favorite shots to enjoy as you ready to welcome in 2018.

 

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  • AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev
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Full moon risin'

Monday 21 November 2016

You don’t want to miss a supermoon rising when you’re a photographer, especially when it’s the closest a full moon has been to the Earth in 68 years and with 18 years to wait until it gets as near.

So AFP shooters all over the world got ready for the occasion, thinking up of the best spots and angles, doing practice runs, talking it over with colleagues and praying for clear skies on D Night.

In the end, some trudged through hills parched with thirst to get their shot; others waited patiently, be it for the clouds to lift for just a few minutes, or for various elements in the frame to come together, or simply for the moon to make its way above their city. And some didn’t plan at all, but just happened to have noticed a great shot on the way home from an assignment.

Herewith a collection of some of our favorite pictures of the phenomenon. Enjoy and see you again in November, 2034.

 

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A different view of the Games

Monday 22 August 2016

How do you get a different shot of an event being covered by hundreds of fellow photographers? A sharp eye, a change of perspective and lots of imagination.

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