AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
Flowers laid in tribute outside an office building in Brussels, Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023, close to where two Swedish soccer fans were shot by a suspected Tunisian extremist on Monday night. Police in Belgium have shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen attack on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night on Monday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A supporter is comforted on the stands after suspension of the Euro 2024 group F qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Sweden at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The match was abandoned at halftime after two Swedes were killed in a shooting in central Brussels before kickoff. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
People shout slogans during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinians outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A girl lies on the floor as men pray in a mosque in Athens, Greece, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
FILE - A woman takes part in a rally in solidarity with Israel, outside the Israeli Embassy in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 18, 2023. Antisemitism is spiking across Europe after Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre and Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, worrying Jews from London to Geneva and Berlin. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg is taken away by police officers during the Oily Money Out protest outside the Intercontinental Hostel, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Slovakia at the Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Luis Vieira)
Italy coach Luciano Spalletti reacts during the Euro 2024 group C qualifying soccer match between England and Italy at Wembley stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
South Africa’s Franco Mostert catches the ball during the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Riot policemen arrive to secure the area during the Euro 2024 group G qualifying soccer match between Serbia and Montenegro, at the Rajko Mitic Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Igor Girkin also know as Igor Strelkov, the former military chief for Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, sits in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow’s City Court in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. A prominent Russian hard-line nationalist who accused President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine was detained on charges of extremism. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A man prepares his ballot for a parliamentary elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland is holding an election Sunday that many see as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation’s democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO’s eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A regional train passes trees silhouetted by the rising sun near Wernigerode, Germany, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Flowers laid in tribute outside an office building in Brussels, Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023, close to where two Swedish soccer fans were shot by a suspected Tunisian extremist on Monday night. Police in Belgium have shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen attack on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night on Monday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Flowers laid in tribute outside an office building in Brussels, Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023, close to where two Swedish soccer fans were shot by a suspected Tunisian extremist on Monday night. Police in Belgium have shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen attack on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night on Monday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A supporter is comforted on the stands after suspension of the Euro 2024 group F qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Sweden at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The match was abandoned at halftime after two Swedes were killed in a shooting in central Brussels before kickoff. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
A supporter is comforted on the stands after suspension of the Euro 2024 group F qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Sweden at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The match was abandoned at halftime after two Swedes were killed in a shooting in central Brussels before kickoff. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
People shout slogans during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinians outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People shout slogans during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinians outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A girl lies on the floor as men pray in a mosque in Athens, Greece, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
A girl lies on the floor as men pray in a mosque in Athens, Greece, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
FILE - A woman takes part in a rally in solidarity with Israel, outside the Israeli Embassy in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 18, 2023. Antisemitism is spiking across Europe after Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre and Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, worrying Jews from London to Geneva and Berlin. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
FILE - A woman takes part in a rally in solidarity with Israel, outside the Israeli Embassy in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 18, 2023. Antisemitism is spiking across Europe after Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre and Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, worrying Jews from London to Geneva and Berlin. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg is taken away by police officers during the Oily Money Out protest outside the Intercontinental Hostel, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg is taken away by police officers during the Oily Money Out protest outside the Intercontinental Hostel, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Slovakia at the Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Luis Vieira)
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Slovakia at the Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Luis Vieira)
Italy coach Luciano Spalletti reacts during the Euro 2024 group C qualifying soccer match between England and Italy at Wembley stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Italy coach Luciano Spalletti reacts during the Euro 2024 group C qualifying soccer match between England and Italy at Wembley stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
South Africa’s Franco Mostert catches the ball during the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South Africa’s Franco Mostert catches the ball during the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Riot policemen arrive to secure the area during the Euro 2024 group G qualifying soccer match between Serbia and Montenegro, at the Rajko Mitic Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Riot policemen arrive to secure the area during the Euro 2024 group G qualifying soccer match between Serbia and Montenegro, at the Rajko Mitic Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Igor Girkin also know as Igor Strelkov, the former military chief for Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, sits in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow’s City Court in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. A prominent Russian hard-line nationalist who accused President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine was detained on charges of extremism. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Igor Girkin also know as Igor Strelkov, the former military chief for Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, sits in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow’s City Court in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. A prominent Russian hard-line nationalist who accused President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine was detained on charges of extremism. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A man prepares his ballot for a parliamentary elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland is holding an election Sunday that many see as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation’s democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO’s eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A man prepares his ballot for a parliamentary elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland is holding an election Sunday that many see as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation’s democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO’s eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A regional train passes trees silhouetted by the rising sun near Wernigerode, Germany, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
A regional train passes trees silhouetted by the rising sun near Wernigerode, Germany, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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.
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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