Content warning: Some images may be disturbing to viewers | They have been hailed as the heroes of the pandemic, working flat out to stave off the worst effects of the virus. Doctors and nurses around the world gave AFP access to their hospitals and homes — in Paris, Beirut, Daegu and São Paulo. They tell us about their lives, their worries and what keeps them going during the crisis, as they go about their life-saving jobs.
In a bid to save the summer season, countries are starting to reopen. Tourism, a key component in the economy of many countries, accounts for 10 percent of all activity in Europe alone. But it now ...
Ramadan is typically a period of both worship and socialising, but this year strict lockdowns have limited gatherings for iftar meals at dusk when the fast is broken — a centrepiece of Ramadan. For...
Content warning: Some images may be disturbing to viewers | They have been hailed as the heroes of the pandemic, working flat out to stave off the worst effects of the virus. Doctors and nurses aro...
In the United States, Georgia is taking its chances and has allowed non-essential businesses to reopen, one of the first states in the country to do so. In Norway schools are open and adapting to t...
Two months after Sao Paulo registered the first coronavirus case in the region, the number of reported deaths in Latin America has risen to more than 10,000 and over 200,000 people have been infect...
In Italy crops are rotting, in the United States litres of milk are being poured down the drain and slaughterhouses are closing. In Colombia farmers are barely holding on. In many countries the har...
After Asia, Europe and North America, Africa is now facing its own coronavirus wave. Unenforceable lockdowns, hunger, the lack of medical equipment... the challenges are numerous in order to limit ...
In a widely-condemned move, Donald Trump has halted funding to the World Health Organisation. Washington is the biggest single contributor to the United Nations' health agency, committing some 400 ...
More than 130,000 dead and half of the planet under stay-at-home orders. As the world grapples with the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, AFP visits landmarks around the globe — most of them under som...
Coronavirus lockdown has left cities across Europe deserted: Rome, Paris, Madrid. But for Europe it all began on 24 Jan. Within days new cases had been confirmed in many neighbouring states. Today ...
From one local market in the heart of mainland China, the COVID-19 coronavirus is spreading around the world with alarming speed, with cases now reported in almost every continent. And as the numbe...
During Ramadan, life in Iraq swells with prayers at the mosques and crowded iftar dinners, but due to coronavirus during this year's Muslim holy month, mosques are empty and worshippers are praying...
In the remote South Atlantic ocean scientists, divers and activists brave dangerous conditions in search of an underwater mountain. Its unique marine life is rumoured to be flourishing after an ext...
Damien Mander didn’t care about the environment as a child - he was a hunter and liked the admiration it brought. Today, Damien is a vegan and heads up the International Anti-Poaching Foundation. A...
High up in the natural wonder of the French Alps, the climbers who spend their days among the rockfaces and glaciers have come to a grim conclusion: the mountains are falling down around them. In t...
Once reserved for fearless adventurers, Antarctica is now just a click away for increasing numbers of curious tourists thanks to luxury cruise ships offering adventure... and scientific enlightenme...
Land conflict in Brazil's Amazon is coming to a head between indigenous peoples and land invaders who take their lead from the anti-environment rhetoric of ultra conservative President Jair Bolsonaro.
Armed men attacked Paul James' father at 5 am. The herder was stabbed, beaten and shot in the head. His crime? Settling on coveted land.. the first part of our special report on Fulani nomads
Iraqi volunteers from all walks of life have created a 'family' of support on Baghdad's Tahrir Square, fuelling the engine of the uprising against the ruling class. From tuk-tuk drivers and medics ...
Since 2012, Mali has slowly slid into chaos as Islamic terrorist groups linked to al-Qaeda have gained ground. Over the years, the violence has swept from the country’s north. With many young peopl...
As droughts occur more frequently in Niger, and access to water has become sparse. The centuries-old nomadic life of Fulani Wodaabe herders is now threatened by climate change.
An AFP team met the Fulani people through a series of original reports. The Fulani are some of the last nomads in the world. They now have to adapt or fight if they don't want to disappear.