AFP photographers honoured in China awards
The China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) 2014 rewarded five AFP photographers.
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The China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) 2014 rewarded five AFP photographers.
Under an agreement signed in Paris on Tuesday January 19 with KCNA (the Korean Central News Agency), Agence France-Presse will open a permanent bureau in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Photojournalist Amanuel Sileshi, based in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, has been rewarded for the fifth edition of East African Photography Award (EAPA) in the Story category for his photo series “Searching for Peace Amidst Chaos”.
AFP photographer Pedro Armestre, recently recovered from a goring by a fighting bull, on Thursday won his eighth photography prize so far in 2014, a haul earned for images ranging from thrill-seekers at the Pamplona bull-run to raging wildfires.
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