AFP joins sponsors of the Peter Mackler Award
AFP has become a sponsor of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism.
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AFP has become a sponsor of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism.
The 29ᵉ edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy War Correspondents' Award has awarded second place in the photo category to AFP'S Yasuyoshi Chiba for his coverage of the entry into Mekele on 28 June 2021 of fighters from the Tigray Defense Force, who then recaptured the capital of this rebel province in northern Ethiopia.
French AFP photographers Philippe Lopez and Jeff Pachoud have won first prizes in the “Spot News Single” and “Sport Feature Single” categories of the annual World Press Photo Awards.
Sardar Ahmad, a staff reporter at the Agence France-Presse news agency, was killed in a Taliban attack on Kabul's Serena hotel.