AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
Nov. 3-9, 2023
Germany commemorated the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the state opening of Parliament took place in London, and marches in solidarity with Palestinians took place in Nairobi and southern Turkey. In sports, Champions League football took place in Paris and Munich.
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 Petr Josek in Prague.
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People walk through a park with autumn colored trees, in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Soldiers of Ukraine's National Guard 1st brigade Bureviy (Hurricane) fire a recoilless cannon during combat training at a military training ground in the north of Ukraine Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Serbia's Novak Djokovic is silhouetted and reflected in the tunnel as he arrives to play Russia's Andrej Rublev in the semifinals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament at the Accor Arena, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
People gather during a protest to show their solidarity with the Palestinians outside U.S. - Turkish Incirlik military air base in Adana, southern Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Police fired tear gas and water cannon as thousands pro-Palestinian protestors converged on a U.S. air base in southern Turkey on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mehmet Sancakzade)
A steam train drives through the autumnal colors 'Harz' forest passing trees damaged by the bark beetle, at the 1,142-meter (3,743 feet) high Brocken mountain near Schierke, Germany, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
A peace mural showing a dove by artist Justus Becker is painted on a wall in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. At the beginning of the war in Ukraine, a branch in Ukrainian colors was seen on the mural, now it was changed and has letters reading "Peace for all mankind." (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Soldiers march in front of Buckingham Palace ahead of the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. King Charles III will sit on a gilded throne and read out the King's Speech, a list of planned laws drawn up by the Conservative government and aimed at winning over voters ahead of an election next year. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
PSG fans light flares in front of Milan's gothic cathedral, Italy, ahead of the Champions League soccer match between AC Milan and Paris-Saint Germain, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)
Pope Francis touches his forehead during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Silhouetted at left is Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Soldiers of Ukraine's National Guard 1st brigade Bureviy (Hurricane) practice during combat training at a military training ground in the north of Ukraine Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Bayern's Noussair Mazraoui, left, and Galatasaray's Abdulkerim Bardakci challenge for the ball during the Champions League group A soccer match between Bayer Munich and Galatasaray at the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock places flowers at The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, known as Holocaust Memorial to commemorate on the 85th anniversary of the November 1938 progroms in Germany and Austria, in central Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. According to Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, the Nazis killed at least 91 people, vandalized 7,500 Jewish businesses and burned more than 1,400 synagogues during Nov. 9, 1938 pogroms known as Kristallnacht or 'Night of broken Glass'. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Normandy Veteran Ken Hay MBE, poses with an art installation of life-sized servicemen silhouettes by community project 'Standing with Giants' ahead of the Remembrance Day, at Kensington Gardens in London, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 to pay tribute to all those who have lost their lives in service for the country. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag as Kenyan police officers fire teargas canisters during a protest against Israel and in support of Palestinians, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
