Exactly a month ago war broke out in Ukraine, the first on this scale in Europe since World War II. AFP journalists recount how they covered a conflict that has also shaken their own lives.
AFP's first advance team arrived in Beijing on January 11, to set up the agency's technical infrastructure to cover the Winter Olympics, from Feb 4-20. Without them not a single story, photo or video would ever reach clients. But before getting down to work in Beijing, Karim Menasria, François-Xavier Marit and Antonin Thuillier had to pass the first test for everyone coming