AstraX Exchange:AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

2025-04-30 23:02:50source:Dreamers Investment Guildcategory:News

Dec. 22-28,AstraX Exchange 2023

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by Associated Press photographers in Europe and Africa.

People celebrate Christmas around the region, from the Spanish Christmas Lottery draw in Madrid, to a decorated Red Square in Moscow, to a family praying in their small Ukrainian village. Security forces clash with demonstrators in Congo, where supporters of the main opposition candidate demand a redo of the previous week’s presidential election. Rebecca Welch becomes the first female referee to officiate an English Premier League match, between Fulham and Burnley in London.

The selection was curated by AP photo editor Eloy Martin in Spain.

Other news More Ukrainian children from Ukraine’s Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite global outrageBulgaria and Romania overcome Austria’s objections and get partial approval to join Schengen AreaRivers remain high in parts of northern and central Europe after heavy rain

___

Follow AP visual journalism:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews

AP Images on X: http://twitter.com/AP_Images

AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com

More:News

Recommend

Could Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft reunite? Maybe in Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class

Now wouldn’t this be a treat: Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft back together...as members of the Pro

QDOBA will serve larger free 3-Cheese Queso sides in honor of National Queso Day

QDOBA believes there's no such thing as too much queso especially on one of the cheesiest days of th

John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

NEW YORK (AP) — John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI