AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
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Natacha Pisarenko - staff, AP
A teddy bear is seen on a building destroyed by attacks in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 19, 2022.
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Natacha Pisarenko - staff, AP
A doctor helps "Buffalo" train his new prosthetic limb at a clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. "Buffalo" has a small yellow plastic bird attached to his new prosthetic limb because, "I have to be a serious man at work, but in my heart, I am a child."
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Natacha Pisarenko - staff, AP
A woman walks past a building destroyed in Russian shelling in Borodyanka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
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Paul White - staff, AP
Members of the public visit the old disused Chamberi subway station on Line 1, converted into a symbolic air-raid shelter to mark World Refugee Day in Madrid, Spain, Monday, June 20, 2022.
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Themba Hadebe - staff, AP
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa shares a light moment after receiving the final report of a judicial investigation into corruption from Chief Justice Raymond Zondo at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The probe has laid bare the rampant corruption in government and state-owned companies during former President Jacob Zuma's tenure from 2009 to 2018.
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Alberto Pezzali - stringer, AP
A member of the staff holds the painting 'Cloud Study' by John Constable, against the backdrop of 'Study for Clouds' by Gerhard Richter at Sotheby's, in London, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The piece has an estimated price of 100,000-150,000 pounds, while Study for Clouds is 6-8 million pounds and will go on auction on June 29.
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Uncredited - stringer, AP
A model displays the collection by Russian designer Slava Zaitsev during the opening of the Fashion Week in at Zaryadye Park with the Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral in the background near Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 20, 2022.
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Moses Sawasawa - stringer, AP
Armed militiamen gather near Rutshuru, 70 kms (45 miles) north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo,Wednesday June 22, 2022. Earlier in the week, East Africa's leaders have responded to the threat of war between Rwanda and Congo by instructing a new regional force to deploy in eastern Congo and ordering an immediate cease-fire. A statement after the meeting in Kenya's capital does not give details on the date of deployment of the force or its composition.
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Alastair Grant - staff, AP
Racegoers carrying portable fans to keep cool arrive for the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horserace meeting, at Ascot Racecourse, in Ascot, England, Friday, June 17, 2022.
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Vadim Ghirda - staff, AP
Activists wearing masks depicting large eyeballs attend a protest against planned updates of the country's national security laws, after a draft was leaked to the media earlier this month, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Dozens of activists gathered outside the government headquarters to protest against proposed changes to the laws that offer increased power to Romania's intelligence service (SRI), which include an obligation for citizens and companies to offer support to the service if requested.
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Martin Meissner - staff, AP
Barcelona goalkeeper Gonzalo Perez de Vargas holds the trophy as team Barca celebrates after winning the Final Four Champions League handball final match between Lomza Vive Kielce and FC Barcelona in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, June 19, 2022.
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Anna Szilagyi - stringer, AP
Team Japan competes during the team free preliminaries of artistic swimming at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.
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Laurent Cipriani - stringer, AP
A man walks in the water as the sun rises above the Miribel lake, outside Lyon, central France, Saturday, June 18, 2022. A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is giving much of western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to top 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) from Malaga to London on Friday.
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Petr David Josek - staff, AP
Benedetta Pilato of Italy reacts after winning the Women 100m Breaststroke final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 20, 2022.
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From the war in Ukraine to Budapest’s Aquatics World Championships, the Royal Ascot race, western Europe’s first heat wave and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa receiving the final report of a corruption probe, 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.
This selection was curated by Berlin chief photographer Markus Schreiber.
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