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08/06/2026 - 16:29

AFP LAUNCHES SPORT DIRECT IN ENGLISH, A WIRE DEDICATED TO ILLUSTRATED SPORTS BRIEFS

AFP launched in London Tuesday the English version of Sport Direct, a multimedia venture which brings together the Agency's unrivalled sports coverage network and its award-winning international photo service. Until now, it has only been available in French.

08/06/2026 - 16:29

Hackers promise AFP photos in email scam: Sophos

WASHINGTON, Oct 21, 2011 (AFP) - A computer security firm warned on Friday that cybercriminals were attempting to exploit Agence France-Presse photos of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi in an email scam.

08/06/2026 - 16:29

World exclusive: AFP is the first news agency to transmit photo of dead Moamer Kadhafi

Agence France-Presse was the first agency to have a picture of Moamer Kadhafi’s body after he was captured and killed in Sirte on Thursday.

08/06/2026 - 16:29

AFP JOURNALISTS’ GUIDE TO USING SOCIAL NETWORKS

THE ARAB SPRING, THE DSK AFFAIR, THE LONDON RIOTS, THE SOCIALIST PRIMARIES - THESE AND OTHER MAJOR NEWS STORIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE EXTENT TO WHICH MONITORING SOCIAL NETWORKS HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF JOURNALISTS' WORK, INCLUDING NEWS AGENCY REPORTERS PROVIDING BREAKING NEWS.

08/06/2026 - 16:29

AFP JOURNALIST SARA HUSSEIN WINS THE BAYEUX-CALVADOS WAR CORRESPONDENTS AWARD IN THE YOUNG REPORTER CATEGORY

THE ARAB SPRING WAS THE MAIN THEME OF THE 18TH EDITION OF THE BAYEUX-CALVADOS WAR CORRESPONDENTS AWARD HELD FROM OCTOBER 3-9,<br>AND AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO TAKES THE SECOND PLACE IN THE PHOTO CATEGORY

08/06/2026 - 16:29

AFP CONFIRMS PIONEERING ROLE IN HD

AFP EXTENDS HD VIDEO PRODUCTION - ALREADY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN - TO SPANISH

08/06/2026 - 16:29

AFP, French Chamber launch mobile website

Global news agency AFP and Hong Kong’s French Chamber of Commerce have launched a mobile site connecting executives to the chamber’s news, services, and AFP’s economic coverage.

08/06/2026 - 16:29

EXPERIENCE THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS: AFP LAUNCHES ITS iPAD APPLICATION IN ENGLISH

AFP is launching its iPad application in English at the annual conference of the Online News Association; a new offering, free of charge, providing access to a selection of fast, accurate news from around the world.

08/06/2026 - 16:29

London-based Carl Court was named News Photographer of the Year at the UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards 2011 on Tuesday

The jury praised a series of pictures shot by 35-year-old Carl for AFP. They included a series of pictures of the student riots in London, another shows a demonstrator calling for the release of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and another is of a policeman caught in the act of moving a cat away from the doorstep of 10 Downing Street with his boot.

08/06/2026 - 16:29

AFP and Japanese news agency JIJI Press have extended an historic collaboration that goes back decades

AFP’s global news coverage in text, photos, and graphics will continue to be made available to Japanese clients via JIJI Press, under an agreement signed in Paris by AFP Chairman and CEO Emmanuel Hoog and JIJI President Masahiro Nakato last wednesday.