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  • AFP / Stefan Heunis

Covering the refugee crisis

Tuesday 16 August 2016

From the Greek island of Lesbos, to the sea between Thailand and Malaysia. From train tracks in Mexico to dusty camps in South Sudan and northern Nigeria.

Over the past year and a half, AFP has published scores of blogs on the refugee crisis all over the world, in which the agency's journalists recount covering the tragedy.

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  • AFP / Francisco Leong
  • AFP / Philippe Lopez, Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt

But a tip of the iceberg

Tuesday 12 July 2016

With every Euro final come the photographs that capture the action and the emotion of the beautiful game. This year’s match between Portugal and France resulted in precisely 1,723 such photos from AFP, 1,339 of them from inside the stadium alone.

But what does it take to produce those clean, beautifully framed shots? A team of photographers, editors and technicians working together seamlessly. Plus weeks of organization to boot. The photos themselves are just the tip of the iceberg.

 

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