Michèle Léridon, former global news director and an iconic AFP journalist, died on Monday at the age of 62. Please send your tributes here if you knew or worked with her.

It is with shock and infinite sadness that AFP staff in France and the world over learned of the death of Michèle Léridon, 62, a former AFP Global News Director and a figure universally respected at the Agency.

From March 29 to June 30th 2021, AFP presents "A bonne distance(s)", an exhibition of more than 200 images, in partnership with the French Cultural Institutes of Morocco and the National Foundation of Museums of Morocco.

AFP expressed satisfaction that the investigation into the 2004 murder of its long-time Gambia correspondent Deyda Hydara is making progress, after a man suspected of involvement in the crime was arrested in Germany.

Three AFP photographers have won prizes in the 78th edition of the Pictures of the Year International (POYi), the world’s oldest photo prize.

Three members of AFP's fact-checking team will be attending the Trust in News conference organised by the BBC from the 22 - 24 March.

Agence France-Presse photographer Ernesto Benavides wins second prize in the "Spot News" category for a series of photos taken during protests against the impeachment of Peruvian president Martin Vizcarra in November 2020.

AFP journalist Clément Melki has been awarded the Young Journalist Prize in the National Daily Press category of the Prix Varenne for his report entitled "God, Water and Us: When Migrants Cross the Channel". The report was published by several media including Libération, Médiapart and La Croix. In February, two other AFP journalists received awards in the Prix Varenne, Kenzo Tribouillard (National Press Prize) and Léo Malafaia (the International Prize).