AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
SEPT. 10 - SEPT. 16 2021
From Ronaldo´s return to the Premier League in England and the crash between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen at the Formula One Grand Prix in Italy, to the Pope´s visit in Hungary and Slovakia and the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia, this photo 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 Chief Photographer for East Africa Ben Curtis, in Nairobi
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A girl holds a torch during a procession joined by tens of thousands in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, the day before the final mass of International Eucharistic Congress which will be attended by Pope Francis. Pope Francis is making his first foreign trip since undergoing intestinal surgery in July, a four-day visit to Hungary and Slovakia starting Sunday which will not only test his health but also provide what may be one of the most awkward moments of his papacy, a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the sort of populist, right-wing leader Francis typically scorns. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Newcastle United at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Fans wearing Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo shirts queue at a food stand outside the stadium before the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Newcastle United at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Residents watch Pope Francis meeting with members of the Roma community at Lunik IX, in Kosice, Slovakia, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, the biggest of about 600 segregated settlements where the poorest 20% of Slovakia's 400,000 Roma live. Pope Francis traveled to Kosice, in the far east of Slovakia on Tuesday to meet with the country's Roma in a gesture of inclusion for the most socially excluded minority group in Slovakia, who have long suffered discrimination, marginalization and poverty. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pro-independence demonstrators rest in a park after taking part at a demonstration during the Catalan National Day in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Thousands of Catalans have rallied for independence from the rest of Spain in their first major mass gathering since the start of the pandemic. The march in Barcelona on Saturday comes before a meeting between regional leaders in northeast Catalonia and the Spanish government. ( AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
People steer their SUP boards during a SUP (Stand Up Paddle)-Surfing festival at Krylatskoye Olympic rowing canal in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Workers wrap the Arc de Triomphe monument, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 in Paris. The "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" project by late artist Christo and Jeanne-Claude will be on view from, Sept.18 to Oct. 3, 2021. The famed Paris monument will be wrapped in 25,000 square meters of fabric in silvery blue, and with 3,000 meters of red rope. (AP Photo/Rafal Yaghobzadeh)
People walk reflecting in a mirror installation after sunset in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Children take part in festivities marking the beginning of the school year at a school in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Children returned to classrooms in Romania, a country with one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the European Union, as the daily infection numbers continue to rise. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain crashes with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands during the Italian Formula One Grand Prix, at Monza racetrack, in Monza, Italy, Sunday, Sept.12, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
The dead body of an unidentified man lies on the ground near the village of Chenna Teklehaymanot, in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. At the scene of one of the deadliest battles of Ethiopia's 10-month Tigray conflict, witness accounts reflected the blurring line between combatant and civilian after the federal government urged all capable citizens to stop Tigray forces "once and for all." (AP Photo)
Redwan Hoff sits on the roof of a BMW while driver Lorenzo Dada competes in the Redbull Shay iMoto, a spinning event where twelve of the best spinners from South Africa gather to showcase their spinning skills and stunts in Johannesburg, Friday, Sept 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed.
