AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

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A man prepares his ballot for a parliamentary elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland is holding an election Sunday that many see as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation's democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO's eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A man prepares his ballot for a parliamentary elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland is holding an election Sunday that many see as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation's democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO's eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Oct. 13-19, 2023

Protests in Turkey erupt and people pray at a mosque in Greece as the Israel-Hamas war progresses.

People vote in Poland's general election. Portugal soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates as his national team wins against Slovakia in a Euro 2024 qualifier match.

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Activist Greta Thunberg is arrested during a protest in London. Flowers are laid near the spot where two Sweden soccer fans were shot by a suspected Tunisian extremist in Brussels.

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

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The selection was curated by AP photographer Gregorio Borgia in Rome.

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