AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
March 29 - April 4, 2024
Faithful hold candles during a Via Crucis torchlight procession in Rome. Storks nest in cliffs above the Atlantic Ocean in Portugal. People smoke marijuana in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
This 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 AP photographer Petr Josek.
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A boy holds on to the barrel of a tank, part of a display of destroyed Russian military equipment, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A child looks out from the window of a train displaying an advert to a Salvador Dali exhibition, at Gara de Nord, the main railway station in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
A stork starts from its nest in the cliffs high above the Atlantic Ocean in Cabo Sardao, Portugal, Friday, March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Faithful hold candles as they take part in the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession at the Colosseum on Good Friday, in Rome, Friday, March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Visitors dressed with Kimono enjoy the opening of the Ukiyoe Immersive Art exhibition, an immersive and sensorial exhibition based on over 300 works by renowned ukiyo-e artists that transports visitors to the floating worlds of Japan through a three-dimensional visual space, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The exhibition will run until June 16th 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A student of Kyiv State Arts Academy paints as other students and volunteers clear the rubble after the Academy was partly ruined during the Russian missile attack a few days ago in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Pope Francis presides over the Easter vigil celebration in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Francis holds his skull cap to prevent it blowing in the wind, from the central balcony of the St. Peter's Basilica prior to the 'Urbi et Orbi' (To the city and to the world) blessing, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A demonstrator wears a tattoo on their back during a march to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, which this year coincides with Easter Sunday, in Lisbon, Portugal, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Istanbul Mayor and Republican People's Party, or CHP, candidate Ekrem Imamoglu is recorded by a supporter as he gives a speech outside the City Hall in Istanbul, Turkey, early Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
People smoke marijuana in front of the Brandenburg Gate during the 'Smoke-In' event in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 1, 2024. Starting 1 April, Germany has legalised cannabis for personal use. As per the new law, Adults aged 18 and over will be allowed to carry up to 25 grams of cannabis for their own consumption. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A man smoking cannabis in front of the Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, on a public consumption event at the start of a new law on Monday, April 1, 2024. Germany has legalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, the new law took effect Monday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Local residents of the region wearing traditional costumes make their way to get blessings for men and animals, at the St. George church in Traunstein, Germany, Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Young tradition-keeper Julianna Papp dresses up in folk costume before a traditional Easter Monday celebration in Holloko, Hungary, Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
A man crosses a street downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
PSG's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the French Cup semifinal soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Rennes at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
