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Journalist Katell Abiven, now the head of AFP's Beijing bureau, speaks about covering the death of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who led the country from 1999 until he died from cancer in 2013.

"They called me at 5 am, and asked me to go to Cuba," says Abiven.

AFP is one of the world’s largest news agencies, with more than 1,700 journalists working in 150 countries. To mark our anniversary, we’re turning our cameras on our own journalists. They will tell you about the work they do, through their most memorable stories. Some covered the war in Ukraine, documented the beginning of a global pandemic, interviewed world leaders or reported on deforestation in the Amazon. Many have risked their lives several times. They did it all with one goal in mind: to provide the world with impartial and verified information.

You can find these stories across all our social media platforms from 9 September.

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