Charles-Guillaume and Auguste Havas take over the Agency’s management from their father.

From 1835 to 1875, the Agence Havas offices are located on rue
Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Paris,
opposite the General Post Office.

The Agency starts to use electrical telegraphs, an invention which enables it to expand.
Soon it is better and faster informed of what is going on in the world.
In response to the Crimean war (1854-1856) it extends its European network all the way to Saint Petersburg and the Bosphorus.

AFP’s photo book capturing the best news images of 2014

AFP photo book capturing the top news events of 2013

Key events in 2012 illustrated by AFP photographers.

The jury of the 19th Bayeux-Calvados War Correspondents Prize rewards AFP photojournalist Aris Messinis.

The first videographics: animated films with spoken commentaries.

First 3D videographics.

Launch of the official AFP Facebook page in French and English.

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