AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
A young cadet goes to his first lesson on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Lyndon Arthur celebrates with son Elellveay Van Arthur after his victory in the IBO World Light Heavyweight bout against Braian Nahuel Suarez at the Toughsheet Community Stadium, in Bolton, England, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)
A fan holds a flag with the image of Serbia’s Tijana Boskovic during the semifinal match between the Netherlands and Serbia at the women’s European Volleyball Championship in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Team of Turkey celebrates a point during the Women’s European Volleyball Championship final match between Serbia and Turkey in Brussels, Belgium, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
A competitor gestures to Britain’s Princess Anne, and King Charles III, during the Braemar Gathering highland games, in Braemar, a short distance from the royals’ summer retreat at the Balmoral estate in Scotland, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Local residents react near a fragment of the Russian rocket after an attack in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)
A man checks the pulse of a woman who was killed in a Russian rocket attack on a food market in city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Protesters march to demand action on climate change, in the streets, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 as the Africa Climate Summit begins. The first African Climate Summit opened with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a global issue that affects the continent of 1.3 billion people the most, even though they contribute to it the least. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A model backstage during the 12th edition of the Budapest Central European Fashion Week in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)
Demonstrators gather during a protest against the President of Spain’s soccer federation Luis Rubiales and to support Spain’s national women’s soccer player Jenni Hermoso in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Spain faces reckoning over sexism in soccer after the federation head kissed a player at the Women’s World Cup. Banner reads in Spanish “all together, it is over”. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Director Woody Allen poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film ‘Coup de Chance’ during the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
Icelandic horses play at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A bee flies from a sunflower in the warm sun at a field in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Late summer has returned to Germany with clear blue skies and temperatures at 30 degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A young couple pose for a video and photo session at Galata bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Galata bridge is a popular location for photograph session of couples who are about to or just married. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People walk next to floodwaters blocking the road due to the heavy rain in Basaksehir district of Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Flash floods triggered by heavy rains swept through a campsite in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least two people, officials said. Four other people were reported missing. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks on the second day of the budget 2024 debate at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Pope Francis meets a child at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
From left, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards pose for photographers at the press conference for the launch of the new Rolling Stones album ‘Hackney Diamonds’ on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 in London. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)
A young cadet goes to his first lesson on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A young cadet goes to his first lesson on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Lyndon Arthur celebrates with son Elellveay Van Arthur after his victory in the IBO World Light Heavyweight bout against Braian Nahuel Suarez at the Toughsheet Community Stadium, in Bolton, England, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)
Lyndon Arthur celebrates with son Elellveay Van Arthur after his victory in the IBO World Light Heavyweight bout against Braian Nahuel Suarez at the Toughsheet Community Stadium, in Bolton, England, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)
A fan holds a flag with the image of Serbia’s Tijana Boskovic during the semifinal match between the Netherlands and Serbia at the women’s European Volleyball Championship in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
A fan holds a flag with the image of Serbia’s Tijana Boskovic during the semifinal match between the Netherlands and Serbia at the women’s European Volleyball Championship in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Team of Turkey celebrates a point during the Women’s European Volleyball Championship final match between Serbia and Turkey in Brussels, Belgium, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Team of Turkey celebrates a point during the Women’s European Volleyball Championship final match between Serbia and Turkey in Brussels, Belgium, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
A competitor gestures to Britain’s Princess Anne, and King Charles III, during the Braemar Gathering highland games, in Braemar, a short distance from the royals’ summer retreat at the Balmoral estate in Scotland, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
A competitor gestures to Britain’s Princess Anne, and King Charles III, during the Braemar Gathering highland games, in Braemar, a short distance from the royals’ summer retreat at the Balmoral estate in Scotland, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Local residents react near a fragment of the Russian rocket after an attack in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)
Local residents react near a fragment of the Russian rocket after an attack in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)
A man checks the pulse of a woman who was killed in a Russian rocket attack on a food market in city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A man checks the pulse of a woman who was killed in a Russian rocket attack on a food market in city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Protesters march to demand action on climate change, in the streets, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 as the Africa Climate Summit begins. The first African Climate Summit opened with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a global issue that affects the continent of 1.3 billion people the most, even though they contribute to it the least. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Protesters march to demand action on climate change, in the streets, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 as the Africa Climate Summit begins. The first African Climate Summit opened with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a global issue that affects the continent of 1.3 billion people the most, even though they contribute to it the least. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A model backstage during the 12th edition of the Budapest Central European Fashion Week in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)
A model backstage during the 12th edition of the Budapest Central European Fashion Week in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)
Demonstrators gather during a protest against the President of Spain’s soccer federation Luis Rubiales and to support Spain’s national women’s soccer player Jenni Hermoso in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Spain faces reckoning over sexism in soccer after the federation head kissed a player at the Women’s World Cup. Banner reads in Spanish “all together, it is over”. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Demonstrators gather during a protest against the President of Spain’s soccer federation Luis Rubiales and to support Spain’s national women’s soccer player Jenni Hermoso in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Spain faces reckoning over sexism in soccer after the federation head kissed a player at the Women’s World Cup. Banner reads in Spanish “all together, it is over”. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Director Woody Allen poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film ‘Coup de Chance’ during the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
Director Woody Allen poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film ‘Coup de Chance’ during the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
Icelandic horses play at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Icelandic horses play at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A bee flies from a sunflower in the warm sun at a field in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Late summer has returned to Germany with clear blue skies and temperatures at 30 degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A bee flies from a sunflower in the warm sun at a field in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Late summer has returned to Germany with clear blue skies and temperatures at 30 degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A young couple pose for a video and photo session at Galata bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Galata bridge is a popular location for photograph session of couples who are about to or just married. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A young couple pose for a video and photo session at Galata bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Galata bridge is a popular location for photograph session of couples who are about to or just married. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People walk next to floodwaters blocking the road due to the heavy rain in Basaksehir district of Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Flash floods triggered by heavy rains swept through a campsite in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least two people, officials said. Four other people were reported missing. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
People walk next to floodwaters blocking the road due to the heavy rain in Basaksehir district of Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Flash floods triggered by heavy rains swept through a campsite in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least two people, officials said. Four other people were reported missing. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks on the second day of the budget 2024 debate at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks on the second day of the budget 2024 debate at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Pope Francis meets a child at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis meets a child at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
From left, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards pose for photographers at the press conference for the launch of the new Rolling Stones album ‘Hackney Diamonds’ on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 in London. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)
From left, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards pose for photographers at the press conference for the launch of the new Rolling Stones album ‘Hackney Diamonds’ on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 in London. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Sept. 1-7, 2023
The first African Climate Summit opened with heads of state and others discussing a global issue that affects the continent the most, even though its countries contribute to it the least. Severe rainstorms lashed parts of Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, and the Venice Film Festival took place. In sports, Turkey celebrated defeating Serbia in the Women’s European Volleyball Championship final.
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 photographer Antonio Calanni in Milan, Italy.
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