AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

2025-01-19 11:20:26 source: category:News

Oct. 13-19, 2023

Protests in Turkey erupt and people pray at a mosque in Greece as the Israel-Hamas war progresses.

People vote in Poland’s general election. Portugal soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates as his national team wins against Slovakia in a Euro 2024 qualifier match.

Activist Greta Thunberg is arrested during a protest in London. Flowers are laid near the spot where two Sweden soccer fans were shot by a suspected Tunisian extremist in Brussels.

Other news Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody, is awarded EU human rights prize Poland’s opposition parties open talks on a ruling coalition after winning the general election Poland’s voters reject their right-wing government, but many challenges lie ahead

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Europe and Africa.

The selection was curated by AP photographer Gregorio Borgia in Rome.

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