AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Jan. 12-18, 2024

Denmark´s Queen Margrethe II abdicates, and her son becomes King Frederik X, designer Giorgio Armani presents his Fall-Winter collection in Milan, Ivory Coast faces Guinea-Bissau in the African Cup of Nations of soccer, and a volcano in Iceland destroys homes in the fishing town of Grindavik.

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 chief photographer Emilio Morenatti in Spain.

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Mikolas, a newborn pygmy hippopotamus calf, appears with its mother, Malaya, at the safari park in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The male baby hippo was born on Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Mikolas, a newborn pygmy hippopotamus calf, appears with its mother, Malaya, at the safari park in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The male baby hippo was born on Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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An areal view of the lava field with the main active vent, the town of Grindavik is in the background, Iceland, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Iceland's president says the country is battling "tremendous forces of nature" after molten lava from a volcano consumed several houses in the evacuated town of Grindavik. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco)

An areal view of the lava field with the main active vent, the town of Grindavik is in the background, Iceland, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Iceland's president says the country is battling "tremendous forces of nature" after molten lava from a volcano consumed several houses in the evacuated town of Grindavik. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco)

Designer Giorgio Armani accepts applause after the conclusion of his men's Fall-Winter 2024-2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni).

Designer Giorgio Armani accepts applause after the conclusion of his men's Fall-Winter 2024-2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni).

Denmark's King Frederik X and his wife Queen Mary ride in a coach back to Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Queen Margrethe II has become Denmark's first monarch to abdicate in nearly 900 years when she handed over the throne to her son, who has become King Frederik X. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark's King Frederik X and his wife Queen Mary ride in a coach back to Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Queen Margrethe II has become Denmark's first monarch to abdicate in nearly 900 years when she handed over the throne to her son, who has become King Frederik X. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Ivory Coast's Evan Ndicka, left, is challenged by Guinea-Bissau's Carlos Mane during the African Cup of Nations Group A soccer match between Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Ivory Coast's Evan Ndicka, left, is challenged by Guinea-Bissau's Carlos Mane during the African Cup of Nations Group A soccer match between Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, dozens ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, dozens ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Kenya Wildlife Service rangers and capture team pull out a sedated black rhino from the water in Nairobi National Park, Kenya Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Kenya has embarked on its biggest rhino relocation project ever and began the difficult work Tuesday of tracking, darting and moving 21 of the critically endangered beasts, which can each weigh over a ton, hundreds of miles in trucks to a new home. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenya Wildlife Service rangers and capture team pull out a sedated black rhino from the water in Nairobi National Park, Kenya Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Kenya has embarked on its biggest rhino relocation project ever and began the difficult work Tuesday of tracking, darting and moving 21 of the critically endangered beasts, which can each weigh over a ton, hundreds of miles in trucks to a new home. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France perform in the free dance during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France perform in the free dance during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

A steam train travels through a snow covered landscape on the way to northern Germany's 1,142-meter (3,743 feet) highest mountain 'Brocken' at the Harz mountains near Schierke, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A steam train travels through a snow covered landscape on the way to northern Germany's 1,142-meter (3,743 feet) highest mountain 'Brocken' at the Harz mountains near Schierke, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Denmark's King Frederik X kisses his wife Denmark's Queen Mary on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Queen Margrethe II has become Denmark's first monarch to abdicate in nearly 900 years when she handed over the throne to her son, who has become King Frederik X. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Denmark's King Frederik X kisses his wife Denmark's Queen Mary on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Queen Margrethe II has become Denmark's first monarch to abdicate in nearly 900 years when she handed over the throne to her son, who has become King Frederik X. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A motorbike carries passengers on a flooded road after heavy downpour in Nairobi Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)

A motorbike carries passengers on a flooded road after heavy downpour in Nairobi Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)

People kneel as soldiers carry the coffin of Ukrainian serviceman and famous Ukrainian poet Maksym Kryvtsov, who was killed in a battle with the Russian troops, during the funeral ceremony in St. Michael Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

People kneel as soldiers carry the coffin of Ukrainian serviceman and famous Ukrainian poet Maksym Kryvtsov, who was killed in a battle with the Russian troops, during the funeral ceremony in St. Michael Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A priest blesses a pet during the feast of St. Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. The feast is celebrated each year in many parts of Spain and people bring their pets to churches to be blessed. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

A priest blesses a pet during the feast of St. Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. The feast is celebrated each year in many parts of Spain and people bring their pets to churches to be blessed. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

A child goes to school in front of the Eiffel Tower after snowfalls, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

A child goes to school in front of the Eiffel Tower after snowfalls, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

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