AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
Trains are parked outside the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. German train drivers union GDL called for another strike on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Snowflakes cover the photograph of a fallen Ukrainian serviceman , in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A honour guard soldier gives a flower to a girl on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women’s Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Red Star fans support their team during a Serbian National soccer league derby match between Red Star and Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Demonstrators march during a Women’s Day protest in Madrid, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2024. Spanish women are marking International Women’s Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A member of the World Central Kitchen walks by the humanitarian aid loaded onto pallets for transportation to the port of Larnaca where it will be shipped to Gaza, at a warehouse near Larnaca, Cyprus, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Aid packages are seen at left, on a platform near to the docked ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group, center front, as it prepares to ferry some 200 tonnes of rice and flour directly to Gaza, at the port in Larnaca, Cyprus, Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Worshippers carry an image of the Holy Christ of the Blood while it rains, during a procession through the streets of downtown Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman poses for a photograph next to the Za Dvumya Zaitsami monument in Kyiv Ukraine, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Riots police stand in front of the Parliament as fires from molotov cocktails thrown by protestors are seen in the background, during a students demonstration in central in Athens, Greece, Friday, March 8, 2024. Thousands of protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose government plans to introduce privately-run universities, following weeks of demonstrations including scores of university building occupations by students. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A “Happy Ramadan” sign is illuminated on the occasion of the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, when observant Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, in a pedestrian zone in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Trains are parked outside the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. German train drivers union GDL called for another strike on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Trains are parked outside the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. German train drivers union GDL called for another strike on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Snowflakes cover the photograph of a fallen Ukrainian serviceman , in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Snowflakes cover the photograph of a fallen Ukrainian serviceman , in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A honour guard soldier gives a flower to a girl on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women’s Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A honour guard soldier gives a flower to a girl on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women’s Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Red Star fans support their team during a Serbian National soccer league derby match between Red Star and Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Red Star fans support their team during a Serbian National soccer league derby match between Red Star and Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Demonstrators march during a Women’s Day protest in Madrid, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2024. Spanish women are marking International Women’s Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Demonstrators march during a Women’s Day protest in Madrid, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2024. Spanish women are marking International Women’s Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A member of the World Central Kitchen walks by the humanitarian aid loaded onto pallets for transportation to the port of Larnaca where it will be shipped to Gaza, at a warehouse near Larnaca, Cyprus, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
A member of the World Central Kitchen walks by the humanitarian aid loaded onto pallets for transportation to the port of Larnaca where it will be shipped to Gaza, at a warehouse near Larnaca, Cyprus, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Aid packages are seen at left, on a platform near to the docked ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group, center front, as it prepares to ferry some 200 tonnes of rice and flour directly to Gaza, at the port in Larnaca, Cyprus, Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Aid packages are seen at left, on a platform near to the docked ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group, center front, as it prepares to ferry some 200 tonnes of rice and flour directly to Gaza, at the port in Larnaca, Cyprus, Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Worshippers carry an image of the Holy Christ of the Blood while it rains, during a procession through the streets of downtown Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Worshippers carry an image of the Holy Christ of the Blood while it rains, during a procession through the streets of downtown Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman poses for a photograph next to the Za Dvumya Zaitsami monument in Kyiv Ukraine, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A woman poses for a photograph next to the Za Dvumya Zaitsami monument in Kyiv Ukraine, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Riots police stand in front of the Parliament as fires from molotov cocktails thrown by protestors are seen in the background, during a students demonstration in central in Athens, Greece, Friday, March 8, 2024. Thousands of protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose government plans to introduce privately-run universities, following weeks of demonstrations including scores of university building occupations by students. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Riots police stand in front of the Parliament as fires from molotov cocktails thrown by protestors are seen in the background, during a students demonstration in central in Athens, Greece, Friday, March 8, 2024. Thousands of protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose government plans to introduce privately-run universities, following weeks of demonstrations including scores of university building occupations by students. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A “Happy Ramadan” sign is illuminated on the occasion of the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, when observant Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, in a pedestrian zone in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A “Happy Ramadan” sign is illuminated on the occasion of the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, when observant Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, in a pedestrian zone in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
March 8–14, 2024
An Honor Guard gives a little girl flowers on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, and women wear masks during a Women’s Day protest in Madrid, Spain. Aid packages of rice and flour are transported to Gaza from Larnaca, Cyprus. Trains are parked during a strike outside the central station in Frankfurt, Germany. Snow falls on the image of a fallen Ukraine serviceman in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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 Zagreb photographer Darko Bandic.
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