AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
Young Icelandic mares graze on a meadow in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, on a foggy Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
King Charles III visits HMS Iron Duke with Queen Camilla, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Friday Sept. 22, 2023. Christophe Archambault, Pool via AP)
Houses and armoured vehicle destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces are seen in recently liberated Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko).
Pope Francis arrives at the “Velodrome Stadium”, in Marseille, France, to celebrate mass, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Police remove climate activists from the track before the start of the Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The leader of Spain’s Popular Party Alberto Nunez Feijoo, stands on the stairs as party members applaud him after his speech at the Spanish parliament’s lower house in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
England’s Marcus Smith passes the ball during the Rugby World Cup Pool D match between England and Chile at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, outside Lille, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
A steam train drives through the ‘Harz’ forest, damaged by the bark beetle, at the 1,142-meter (3,743 feet) high Brocken mountain near Schierke, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
An ethnic Armenian woman from Nagorno-Karabakh lies in a truck as she arrives in Armenia’s Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Some 42,500 people, or about 35% of Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population, had left for neighboring Armenia as of Wednesday morning, according to Armenian authorities. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)
Kosovo police members of Special Intervention Unit escort one of the arrested Serb gunmen out of the court after the Kosovo shootout in capital Pristina, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
A car passes waves crashing over a wall into the road in Youghal, Cork County, Ireland, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)
Commuters take a ride in a ferry crossing the Bosphorus near Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque, background left, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A model wears a creation for the Balmain Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer)
Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, right, runs with the ball next to Las Palmas’ Julian Araujo during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Las Palmas, at Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in Madrid, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Young Icelandic mares graze on a meadow in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, on a foggy Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Young Icelandic mares graze on a meadow in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, on a foggy Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
King Charles III visits HMS Iron Duke with Queen Camilla, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Friday Sept. 22, 2023. Christophe Archambault, Pool via AP)
King Charles III visits HMS Iron Duke with Queen Camilla, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Friday Sept. 22, 2023. Christophe Archambault, Pool via AP)
Houses and armoured vehicle destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces are seen in recently liberated Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko).
Houses and armoured vehicle destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces are seen in recently liberated Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko).
Pope Francis arrives at the “Velodrome Stadium”, in Marseille, France, to celebrate mass, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Pope Francis arrives at the “Velodrome Stadium”, in Marseille, France, to celebrate mass, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Police remove climate activists from the track before the start of the Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Police remove climate activists from the track before the start of the Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The leader of Spain’s Popular Party Alberto Nunez Feijoo, stands on the stairs as party members applaud him after his speech at the Spanish parliament’s lower house in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
The leader of Spain’s Popular Party Alberto Nunez Feijoo, stands on the stairs as party members applaud him after his speech at the Spanish parliament’s lower house in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
England’s Marcus Smith passes the ball during the Rugby World Cup Pool D match between England and Chile at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, outside Lille, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
England’s Marcus Smith passes the ball during the Rugby World Cup Pool D match between England and Chile at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, outside Lille, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
A steam train drives through the ‘Harz’ forest, damaged by the bark beetle, at the 1,142-meter (3,743 feet) high Brocken mountain near Schierke, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
A steam train drives through the ‘Harz’ forest, damaged by the bark beetle, at the 1,142-meter (3,743 feet) high Brocken mountain near Schierke, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
An ethnic Armenian woman from Nagorno-Karabakh lies in a truck as she arrives in Armenia’s Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Some 42,500 people, or about 35% of Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population, had left for neighboring Armenia as of Wednesday morning, according to Armenian authorities. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)
An ethnic Armenian woman from Nagorno-Karabakh lies in a truck as she arrives in Armenia’s Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Some 42,500 people, or about 35% of Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population, had left for neighboring Armenia as of Wednesday morning, according to Armenian authorities. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)
Kosovo police members of Special Intervention Unit escort one of the arrested Serb gunmen out of the court after the Kosovo shootout in capital Pristina, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Kosovo police members of Special Intervention Unit escort one of the arrested Serb gunmen out of the court after the Kosovo shootout in capital Pristina, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
A car passes waves crashing over a wall into the road in Youghal, Cork County, Ireland, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)
A car passes waves crashing over a wall into the road in Youghal, Cork County, Ireland, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)
Commuters take a ride in a ferry crossing the Bosphorus near Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque, background left, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Commuters take a ride in a ferry crossing the Bosphorus near Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque, background left, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A model wears a creation for the Balmain Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer)
A model wears a creation for the Balmain Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer)
Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, right, runs with the ball next to Las Palmas’ Julian Araujo during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Las Palmas, at Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in Madrid, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, right, runs with the ball next to Las Palmas’ Julian Araujo during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Las Palmas, at Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in Madrid, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Sept. 22 – Sept. 29
Destroyed houses and armored vehicles stand on the road of Klishchiivka, a recently liberated Ukrainian village on the outskirts of Bakhmut that has been turned into a pile of rubble after months of fierce fighting.
Pope Francis holds a mass for thousands of worshippers in Marseille.
In the world of sports, the Rugby World Cup continues in France.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by Associated Press photographers in Europe and Africa.
The selection was curated by AP photographer Pavel Golovkin.