Shefali Khan and Aakash Gulzar: Winners of the Marai Photo Grant 2026 Announced
The 2026 Marai Photo Grant winners have been announced.
Beirut (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 11:45:24 | Lebanon's Aoun hopes US-Iran deal will put 'definitive end' to Israel-Hezbollah war
Geneva (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 11:28:38 | MSF warns of 'dangerous gaps' in Ebola response in DR Congo
Tehran (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 11:21:42 | Iran's Fars news agency says Hormuz maritime fees added to US deal last minute
Geneva (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 10:52:49 | Iran executed 18 protesters in 2026: UN
Geneva (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 10:39:33 | At least 2,300 killed this year in Haiti gang violence: UN
Geneva (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 10:31:13 | Sudan drone strikes killed over 1,000 in first five months of 2026: UN
Jerusalem (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 10:12:11 | Israel says won't withdraw troops from Lebanon, Syria, Gaza
Islamabad (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 10:01:18 | Pakistan PM says US-Iran deal a 'historic step towards peace'
Moscow (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 10:01:00 | Russia denies targeting Kyiv cathedral, says hit by US-made air-defence Patriot missile
Cairo (AFP) | 15/06/2026 - 09:49:30 | Egypt says US-Iran deal could be 'turning point' for Mideast peace
The 2026 Marai Photo Grant winners have been announced.
Vast tracts of Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans have been cleared for plantations supplying a maker of "carbon-neutral" packaging, an investigation by AFP and The Gecko Project has found.
AFP’s board approved the 2025 accounts at its meeting of April 16, 2026.
Loïc Venance and Valéry Hache have been honoured at the 2026 edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards, organised by the International Sports Press Association.
The famous photojournalism competition has announced the regional winners of its 2026 edition. AFP photographer Luis Tato has been recognised in the Stories category for Africa for his coverage of Madagascar's protests.
April 2 is the International Fact-Checking Day, a celebration to acknowledge the tireless work done by organisations across the world to promote information integrity and fight disinformation and manipulation, in a time of mounting pressures.

Spectee and AFP have entered a partnership to bring Spectee’s crisis-related user generated content (UGC) to AFP’s global customer base.
AFP hosted the second meeting of the European DS4Skills consortium on 5 March. Launched in January 2025, this project, supported by the European Commission under the Digital Europe programme, aims to develop a shared data space dedicated to training pathways and the evolution of professions in Europe.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) with partners France Médias Monde and Oštro have entered the production phase of CLIC, a European social media initiative to tackle disinformation. By fusing the rigour of professional journalists with the massive reach of popular content creators, the aim is to widen the audience for fact-checking content.