AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
A sister wears headwear showing a picture of The Last Supper, as she and a group of the Catholic faithful from the town of Rumbek arrive after walking for more than a week to reach the capital for the visit of Pope Francis, in Juba, South Sudan Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Pope Francis is due to travel to South Sudan later this week on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a “colonialist mentality” that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Wreaths are placed at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A man is silhouetted in the headlights of a car during a blackout in the town of Kolychivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
A Leopard 2 tank is seen in action during a visit of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. After the government’s decision to deliver fourteen Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the capabilities of the Leopard 2A6 main battle tank are shown at a presentation in Augustdorf. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A woman reads by the sea while the first rays of sunlight fall on the city of Cadiz, Spain, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Passers-by walk at Galata bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
An Icelandic horse grimaces at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
''Joaldunaks’’ take part in the Ttraditional carnival between the small Pyrenees villages of Ituren and Zubieta, northern Spain, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. In one of the most ancient carnival celebrations in Europe, dozens of people don sheepskins, lace petticoats and conical caps and sling cowbells across their lower backs as they parade to herald the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Dawid Kubacki, of Poland, soars through the air during his qualification jump at the Ski Flying World Cup in Bad Mitterndorf, Austria, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)
A fox passes 10 Downing Street as members of the Government hold a cabinet meeting inside Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Pope Francis, second from left, looks at traditional dancers performing at the Martyrs’ Stadium In Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Francis is in Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a “colonialist mentality” that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
The Holy Monastery of Agios Nikolaos stands on a rock above the night sky near Kalabaka, in central Greece, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The ancient orthodox Christian monastic community in Meteora is situated on top of vertical rock formations that average 1,000 feet in height and is one of Greece’s holiest site as well as the country’s environmentally protected arias. Some monasteries still serve a populated by monks and nuns. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A sister wears headwear showing a picture of The Last Supper, as she and a group of the Catholic faithful from the town of Rumbek arrive after walking for more than a week to reach the capital for the visit of Pope Francis, in Juba, South Sudan Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Pope Francis is due to travel to South Sudan later this week on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a “colonialist mentality” that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A sister wears headwear showing a picture of The Last Supper, as she and a group of the Catholic faithful from the town of Rumbek arrive after walking for more than a week to reach the capital for the visit of Pope Francis, in Juba, South Sudan Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Pope Francis is due to travel to South Sudan later this week on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a “colonialist mentality” that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Wreaths are placed at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A man is silhouetted in the headlights of a car during a blackout in the town of Kolychivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
A Leopard 2 tank is seen in action during a visit of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. After the government’s decision to deliver fourteen Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the capabilities of the Leopard 2A6 main battle tank are shown at a presentation in Augustdorf. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A Leopard 2 tank is seen in action during a visit of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. After the government’s decision to deliver fourteen Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the capabilities of the Leopard 2A6 main battle tank are shown at a presentation in Augustdorf. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A woman reads by the sea while the first rays of sunlight fall on the city of Cadiz, Spain, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Passers-by walk at Galata bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
An Icelandic horse grimaces at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
''Joaldunaks’’ take part in the Ttraditional carnival between the small Pyrenees villages of Ituren and Zubieta, northern Spain, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. In one of the most ancient carnival celebrations in Europe, dozens of people don sheepskins, lace petticoats and conical caps and sling cowbells across their lower backs as they parade to herald the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
''Joaldunaks’’ take part in the Ttraditional carnival between the small Pyrenees villages of Ituren and Zubieta, northern Spain, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. In one of the most ancient carnival celebrations in Europe, dozens of people don sheepskins, lace petticoats and conical caps and sling cowbells across their lower backs as they parade to herald the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Dawid Kubacki, of Poland, soars through the air during his qualification jump at the Ski Flying World Cup in Bad Mitterndorf, Austria, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)
A fox passes 10 Downing Street as members of the Government hold a cabinet meeting inside Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Pope Francis, second from left, looks at traditional dancers performing at the Martyrs’ Stadium In Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Francis is in Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a “colonialist mentality” that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis, second from left, looks at traditional dancers performing at the Martyrs’ Stadium In Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Francis is in Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a “colonialist mentality” that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
The Holy Monastery of Agios Nikolaos stands on a rock above the night sky near Kalabaka, in central Greece, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The ancient orthodox Christian monastic community in Meteora is situated on top of vertical rock formations that average 1,000 feet in height and is one of Greece’s holiest site as well as the country’s environmentally protected arias. Some monasteries still serve a populated by monks and nuns. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
The Holy Monastery of Agios Nikolaos stands on a rock above the night sky near Kalabaka, in central Greece, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The ancient orthodox Christian monastic community in Meteora is situated on top of vertical rock formations that average 1,000 feet in height and is one of Greece’s holiest site as well as the country’s environmentally protected arias. Some monasteries still serve a populated by monks and nuns. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
JAN. 27-FEB. 2, 2023
From the Pope’s visit to Congo and South Sudan, to the Ski Flying World Cup in Austria and the presentation of Leopard 2 tanks in Germany, 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 AP photographer Petros Karadjias in Nicosia.
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