June 7-13, 2024
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people were killed in a plane crash. Voters across the European Union went to the polls for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. The crater of a volcano near Grindavik, Iceland, continued to erupt.
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June 7-13, 2024
A Ukrainian war veteran with prosthetic legs watch players of Ukraine's national soccer team during a public training session in Wiesbaden, Germany, Thursday, June 13, 2024, ahead of their group E match against Romania at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A women walks past inflatable soccer balls, orange tarp, orange bunting, and Dutch national flags as she walks along Marktweg street in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday June 13, 2024, one day ahead of the start of the Euro 2024 Soccer Championship. The Marktweg is one of several streets in the Netherlands that get an all-encompassing orange facelift during European Championships and World Cups when the national team, known as Oranje after the Dutch royal family and the color of their shirts, are playing. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Coco Gauff of the U.S., left, and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic kiss the trophy as they won the women's doubles final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
A woman stands in a group of Romanian soccer ultras during an international friendly soccer match between Romania and Liechtenstein at the Steaua stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
The Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower Friday, June 7, 2024 in Paris. The Paris Olympics organizers mounted the rings on the Eiffel Tower on Friday as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Summer Games. The 95-foot-long and 43-foot-high structure of five rings, made entirely of recycled French steel, will be displayed on the south side of the 135-year-old historic landmark in central Paris, overlooking the Seine River. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
A newly ordained Catholic priest is launched in the air by friends and family outside the Duomo Cathedral after his ordination ceremony in Milan, Italy, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
An aerial view shows lava from an active volcano engulfing the road near Grindavik, Iceland, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
The sun rises above the active crater of the volcano near Grindavik, Iceland, Monday, June 10, 2024. A volcano in southwestern Iceland has been erupting spewing red lava close to the coastal town of Grindavik. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
Pope Francis blesses a pregnant woman at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators lie on the ground as they protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza, in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
A vendor sells newspapers in Lilongwe, Malawi, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, following the death of Malawi's Vice President, Saulos Chilima, in a plane crash Monday. The Malawi government says that Chilima will be honored with a state funeral after he was killed along with eight other people in a plane crash. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)
Mourners comfort one another at the home of Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima in Lilongwe, Malawi, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, Chilima, who was killed in a plane crash on Monday, will be honored with a state funeral after he was killed along with eight other people in the crash, according to Malawi's government. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)
French President Emmanuel Macron appears on a television screen at the French far-right National Rally party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. French President Emanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called a new legislative election after defeat in the EU vote. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Ukrainian national guard servicemen of Khartia brigade take cover after firing towards Russian positions by a D-20 cannon at the frontline near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Drag queen Bernat Bodes, known as Pitita, left, takes a break from her duties as president of a polling station during the European Parliament elections in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A child peers from a voting cabin during European and local elections in Baleni, Romania, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Voters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
In sports, cities and towns across Europe made preparations for the start of the Euro 2024 Soccer Championship and Paris organizers mounted the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower to mark 50 days until the start of the Summer Games.
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 chief photographer Markus Schreiber in Berlin.
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A test run of a light show illuminates the sky and the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, late Tuesday, June 11, 2024. The show is part of the city's entertainment program on occasion of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament and will take place every evening during the tournament. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A Ukrainian war veteran with prosthetic legs watch players of Ukraine's national soccer team during a public training session in Wiesbaden, Germany, Thursday, June 13, 2024, ahead of their group E match against Romania at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A women walks past inflatable soccer balls, orange tarp, orange bunting, and Dutch national flags as she walks along Marktweg street in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday June 13, 2024, one day ahead of the start of the Euro 2024 Soccer Championship. The Marktweg is one of several streets in the Netherlands that get an all-encompassing orange facelift during European Championships and World Cups when the national team, known as Oranje after the Dutch royal family and the color of their shirts, are playing. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Coco Gauff of the U.S., left, and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic kiss the trophy as they won the women's doubles final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
A woman stands in a group of Romanian soccer ultras during an international friendly soccer match between Romania and Liechtenstein at the Steaua stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
The Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower Friday, June 7, 2024 in Paris. The Paris Olympics organizers mounted the rings on the Eiffel Tower on Friday as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Summer Games. The 95-foot-long and 43-foot-high structure of five rings, made entirely of recycled French steel, will be displayed on the south side of the 135-year-old historic landmark in central Paris, overlooking the Seine River. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
A newly ordained Catholic priest is launched in the air by friends and family outside the Duomo Cathedral after his ordination ceremony in Milan, Italy, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
An aerial view shows lava from an active volcano engulfing the road near Grindavik, Iceland, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
The sun rises above the active crater of the volcano near Grindavik, Iceland, Monday, June 10, 2024. A volcano in southwestern Iceland has been erupting spewing red lava close to the coastal town of Grindavik. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
Pope Francis blesses a pregnant woman at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators lie on the ground as they protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza, in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
A vendor sells newspapers in Lilongwe, Malawi, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, following the death of Malawi's Vice President, Saulos Chilima, in a plane crash Monday. The Malawi government says that Chilima will be honored with a state funeral after he was killed along with eight other people in a plane crash. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)
Mourners comfort one another at the home of Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima in Lilongwe, Malawi, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, Chilima, who was killed in a plane crash on Monday, will be honored with a state funeral after he was killed along with eight other people in the crash, according to Malawi's government. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)
French President Emmanuel Macron appears on a television screen at the French far-right National Rally party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. French President Emanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called a new legislative election after defeat in the EU vote. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Ukrainian national guard servicemen of Khartia brigade take cover after firing towards Russian positions by a D-20 cannon at the frontline near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Drag queen Bernat Bodes, known as Pitita, left, takes a break from her duties as president of a polling station during the European Parliament elections in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Polling stations have opened across Europe as voters from 20 countries cast ballots in elections that are expected to shift the European Union's parliament to the right and could reshape the future direction of the world's biggest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A child peers from a voting cabin during European and local elections in Baleni, Romania, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Voters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
