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Since 2013, I am a freelancer for AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE (AFP).

A selection of reports - regularly updated - commissioned by the agency. © Rijasolo / AFP PHOTO

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People carry a body wrapped in a sheet as they take part in a funerary tradition called the Famadihana in the village of Ambo...
People dance and sing as they carry a body wrapped in a sheet, as they take part in a funerary tradition called the Famadihan...
Isabel Malala Razafindrakoto carries the wrapped body of her son, who died aged just three years old, as she takes part in a ...
People put back a corpse wrapped in a sheet in a crypt, as they take part in a funerary tradition called the Famadihana in th...
A woman and a baby wearing mask to protect themselves against possible infection of plague walk in Antananarivo on October 2,...
Officers from Ministry of Health spread pesticide against carriers of plague such as fleas in a primary school at Andraisoro,...
Doctors and nurses from The Ministry of Health and officers of the Malagasy Red Cross staff a healthcare checkpoint at the "t...
A young woman (L) gestures as she is examined by a doctors at a healthcare checkpoint at the "taxi-brousse" station of Ampasa...
Doctors and nurses from The Ministry of Health and officers of the Malagasy Red Cross staff a healthcare checkpoint at the "t...
Doctors and nurses from The Ministry of Health and officers of the Malagasy Red Cross staff a healthcare checkpoint at the "t...
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A girl empties a basket of garbage into a full dumpster as Council workers begin to clear garbage during the clean-up of the ...
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MADAGASCAR-PLAGUE-CLEAN UP
Council workers spray disinfectant as they clean-up the market of Anosibe in the Anosibe district, one of the most unsalubrio...
Marc Ravalomanana, former President of Madagascar, takes part in celebrations for the 15th anniversary of his party Tiako i M...
Marc Ravalomanana, former President of Madagascar, waves as he celebrates the 15th anniversary of his party Tiako i Madagasik...
Supporters of Madagascar's opposition party Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM) face a police cordon as they take part in a gathering ...
Riot police fire tear gas at supporters of Madagascar's opposition party Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM) during a gathering for th...
Riot police fire tear gas at supporters of Madagascar's opposition party Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM) during a gathering for th...
A photo taken on June 5, 2017 shows a view of a bridge of the railway linking Antananarivo and Toamasina (Eastern coast) cros...
Children take a "selfie" in front of a waterfall in the Vohimana reserve located near the Andasibe National Park on June 5, 2...
An official local guide, shows a nocturnal frog during a night-time trek in the Vohimana Reserve on June 5, 2017.
People stand beside 20 litre jerrycans waiting to be filled at a public fountain during a period when the public water supply...
Malagasy firefighters drive around for emergency calls during tropical cyclone Enawo in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on March 8,...
Some 200 protestors gather during a demonstration in Soamahamanina (70 kilometer from Antananarivo) on September 29, 2016 in ...
Some 200 protestors gather during a demonstration in Soamahamanina (70 kilometer from Antananarivo) on September 29, 2016 in ...
Police officers clash with protestors during a demonstration in Soamahamanina (70 kilometer from Antananarivo) on September 2...
A police officer takes covers as protestors thrown stones during a demonstration in Soamahamanina (70 kilometer from Antanana...
Police detain a man after protestors clash with police during a demonstration in Soamahamanina (70 kilometer from Antananariv...
A man holds a banner as police officers clash with protestors during a demonstration in Soamahamanina (70 kilometer from Anta...
Men walk past graffiti reading "We don't need Chinese" in Soamahamanina (70 kilometer from Antananarivo) on September 29, 201...
Young single mothers attend a slam course therapy given by the slam-poet Razanadranto Landy Cathia, better known as Caylah, i...
Young single mothers attend a slam course therapy given by the slam-poet Razanadranto Landy Cathia, better known as Caylah, i...
The slam-poet RAZANADRANTO Landy Cathia, 22 years old, better known as CAYLAH (Center), spend time with the kids of the young...
Vanilla producer 43-year old Patrick Razafiarivo poses with his wife Lalao in their living room on May 26, 2016 in the munici...
Workers spread "red vanilla" (vanilla which has been treated by a special cooking) in the sun to be dried on May 25, 2016 in ...
Armed guards look after a pile of vanilla in a Vanilla farmer barn on May 25, 2016 in the Municipality Bemalamatra, 30 kms fr...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (C) waves as he arrives to visit a local Malagasy Non Governamental Organization...
Cocks fight on February 7, 2016 in Imerintsiatosika, 30km from Antananarivo. Cocks fightings are held every sunday in Imerint...
A referee shows to the public a cock winner during a cocks fighting tournament on February, 7, 2016 in Imerintsiatosika, 30km...
Former president of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana (L) and his wife Lalao Ravalomanana (R), candidate for mayor of Antananarivo...
Madagascar Police officers show reporters two boxes containing over 200 millions Ariary (Madagascan currency) in cash (66.000...
Malagasy skaters ride their boards through the streets on May 31, 2015 in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Malagasy skaters ride their boards through the streets on May 31, 2015 in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Portrait of young skateboarders in Antananarivo, on 2015, June 31st
Madagascar Parliament marshals tally the votes on the dismissal of the president on May 26, 2015 in Antananarivo, Madagascar....
This picture taken on March 4, 2015 shows a woman checking the weight of her baby at the health center of the village of Imon...
This picture taken on March 4, 2015 shows a woman and her two severely malnourished children (16 months and 5 years old) wait...
This picture taken on March 4, 2015 shows people waiting for a distribution of bags of rice by World Food Program (WFP) staff...
Residents are evacuated on pirogues after the Sisaony river burst and flooded the village of Soavina, a suburb of Antananariv...
Residents are evacuated on pirogues after the Sisaony river burst and flooded the village of Soavina, a suburb of Antananariv...
Residents gather at a Control Post after the Sisaony river burst and flooded the village of Soavina, a suburb of Antananarivo...
A police car drives by as supporters of ex-president Marc Ravalomanana demonstrated in the center town of Antananarivo on Oct...
A protestor shows his fingers which was violently crushed by a concrete slab while he attempted to do a barricade as supporte...
Marc Ravalomanana (L), former president of Madagascar who was in exile in South Africa since 2009, is greeted by supporters w...
AA swarm of locusts flies over the center of Mdagascar capitol Antananarivo on August 28, 2014.
AA swarm of locusts flies over the center of Mdagascar capitol Antananarivo on August 28, 2014.
Children look at a prototype of the new Karenjy Mazana II car on road 7 near Fianarantsoa, southern Madagascar on August 5, 2...
Managing director of the newspaper Madagascar Matin Jean-Luc Rahaga (C) is lifted by supporters after his release from Antani...
Malagasy Security forces parade during the Malagasy Independence Day celebrationss at Mahamasina Stadium on June 26, 2014 in ...
An employee attends the ceremony of the first test sales of Tsimiroro's crude oil, western Madagascar, on June 18, 2014. Tsim...
MADAGASCAR, TSIMIRORO - Gendarmes and Madagascar Oil's employees wait for the President of Madagascar Hery Rajaonarimampianin...
A Madagascar Oil agent checks facilities on June 18, 2014 at the Tsimiroro plant, in western Madagascar, a large deposit of h...
Members of the technical team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), wearing masks and gloves,...
A helicopter of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), equipped with pesticide spreading equipmen...
A helicopter of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) flies through millions of Locusts as spread...
Former Madagascar Prime Minister Jean Omer Beriziky (R) and the new Prime Minister Roger Kolo (C) speak to journalists during...
The new president of Madagascar Hery Rajaonarimampianina (C) and his wife take part in the inaugural ceremony for his preside...
Madagascar's newly elected President Hery Rajaonarimampianina (R) receives the key symbolising the transfer of power from out...
Supporters celebrate after Hery Rajaonarimampianina was declared president of Madagascar by an electoral courthouse in Antana...
A member of security forces stands next a piece of evidence at the site of a grenade explosion in Antananarivo's Anosy distri...
Hospital nurses attend to two men wounded in a grenade explosion in the Anosy district in Antananarivo late on January 25, 20...
Electoral agents count votes at a polling station in Antananarivo on December 20, 2013, as the people of Madagascar elect a n...
Electoral agents count ballots at a polling station in Antananarivo on December 20, 2013, as the people of Madagascar elect a...
Electoral agents count votes at a polling station in Antananarivo on December 20, 2013, as the people of Madagascar elect a n...
Presidential candidate Hery Rajaonarimampianina casts his ballot in a polling station during the presidential election on Dec...
A little girl in a polling station during the 2nd round of presidential and legislative election on December 20th, 2013 in An...
Presidential candidate Hery Rajaonarimampianina (L) of the Hery Vaovao ho an'i Madagasikara party attends his last rally in A...
Jean Louis Robinson (2ndL), the Presidential candidate of the AVANA Party, addresses his last rally in Antananarivo on Decemb...
Supporters of Jean Louis Robinson, Presidential candidate of the AVANA Party, attend his last rally in Antananarivo on Decemb...
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina greets supporters of his political party at a rally for TGV (Tanora malaGasy Vonona) i...
A Madagascan youth waits to mark votes on the board at a polling station in Antananarivo on October 25, 2013. Madagascar vote...
A gendarme patrols near a polling station in the Anosy district of Antananarivo on October 24, 2013. Poverty-wracked Madagasc...
People prepare to vote at a polling station in Tamatave, on the eastern coast of Madagascar, on October 25, 2013. Madagascar ...
European Union chief observer Maria Muniz de Urquiza (R) stands next to a private aeroplane as she goes to inspect a polling ...
Supporters of presidential candidate Robinson Jean Louis cheer arounf his car during the last campaign rally on October 23, 2...
A man named Solo collects the ashes on October 6, 2013 of the Malagasy man who was burned on October 3 by a mob. He says that...
Police patrol on October 5, 2013 in Hell-Ville on Nosy-Be where a mob lynched on October 3 a local man suspected of killing a...
Men commune with themselves on October 7, 2013 in Nosy-Be at the grave of the eight-year-old boy whose the body was found at ...
A man lies on the ground after being killed by a bomb blast, on September 16, 2013 in Antananarivo. An assortment of weapons ...
Some of about 1,500 people displaced after cyclone Haruna lashed the Indian Ocean island three weeks ago live in tents on Mar...