Jim Watson

AFP staff photojournalist based in Washington, DC, covering the White House, politics, general news and sports.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump after handing him a note that says “Very close”, referring to the Middle East peace deal, during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2025. @AFPphoto

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A bike rider waits as police close a road before the motorcade of US President-elect @realDonaldTrump departs Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 13, 2024, as Trump travels to Washington, DC for meetings with US President Joe Biden and Republicans on Capitol Hill.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) jumps on stage as he joins former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. @realDonaldTrump @AFPphoto

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📸 #AFP pictures of the week by photojournalists @kohsar, @cristinaquicler, @saidkhatib and @JimWatson_AFP.

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A supporter of former US president and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump braves the below zero temperatures to attend a “commit to caucus rally”. @realdonaldtrump @afpphoto @afpfr @afpnewsagency #iowa #caucus #republican

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A supporter of former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump listens as US Senate candidate for Arizona Kari Lake speaks at the Trump Campaign Headquarters in Urbandale, Iowa. @realdonaldtrump #trump #trump2024 #republican #iowa #caucus @afpphoto

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US Representative George Santos (R-NY) takes questions from the press on his possible expulsion from congress during a press conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

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Climate Protesters are escorted off stage after disrupting Fed Chair Jerome Powells speech.

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US President Joe Biden stands with striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at a picket line outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, MI. According to the White House, Biden is the first sitting president to join a picket line. @potus

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US President Joe Biden (L) welcomes South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Camp David, Maryland, for a Trilateral Summit. @potus @President_KR @koshida230 #japan #korea #usa #campdavid @afpphoto @afpnewsagency

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@potus speaks with Ed Keable, Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park, while viewing the Grand Canyon from Yaki Point lookout at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on August 8, 2023.

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@POTUS making his approach to the 2nd green at The Courses at Joint Base Andrews. @AFPphoto @AFP

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US President Joe Biden (R) reacts as he arrives to deliver a speech at the Dail Eireann, the lower house of the Irish Parliament, at Leinster House in Dublin, on April 13, 2023, during his four day trip to Northern Ireland and Ireland. @potus @AFPphoto @AFP #Ireland

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US President Joe Biden gives a thumbs up to the crowd as he departs The Windsor pub in Dundalk, Ireland. @POTUS @AFPphoto @AFP