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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
09 Feb

Feb. 2–8, 2024

A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting again, and farmers are taking their tractors on Europe’s roads to protest EU policies and prices. Britain’s King Charles III has begun treatment for cancer. Thousands of people are fleeing a conflict between government forces and M-23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Teams in the Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament played the semifinals, where Ivory Coast and Nigeria advanced to the final.

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 Rome-based photographer Alessandra Tarantino.

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Vaud cantonal police officers watch the Travys train where a hostage-taking incident took place at Essert-sous-Champvent station, Switzerland, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. A hostage-taking incident took place on a regional train between Yverdon and Sainte-Croix at around 6: 30 p.m. on Thursday. All hostages were freed and are safe. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

Iranian man wielding an axe and knife is killed by police after seizing hostages on Swiss train

FILE - Leaders after the early vote results, National Coalition Party candidate Alexander Stubb, right, and Social Movement candidate Pekka Haavisto stand during the Presidential election event, at the Helsinki City Hall, in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. Finns on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 will pick a new head of state from the array of two experienced politicians whose main will be to steer the Nordic country’s foreign and security policy at an unprecedented time when the country is now a NATO member following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and its eastern border with Russia remains closed. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

As Finns choose a new president, one thing is certain: A hard line on Russia will continue

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz boards a plane at the military section of Berlin Brandenburg Airport to fly to the USA, in Schönefeld, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Scholz pushed for further U.S. and European aid for Ukraine as he set off Thursday for a visit to Washington, declaring that it's time to send Russian President Vladimir Putin a “clear signal” that the West won't let up on supporting Kyiv. Scholz is due to meet members of the U.S. Congress on Thursday and President Joe Biden on Friday. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Biden hosting Germany’s Scholz as Europe grows anxious about Ukraine funding impasse in Washington

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