Dec. 1–7, 2023
A military cadet applies lipstick before a National Day parade in Bucharest, Romania.
A ram travels in a rickshaw before a ram fighting competition in Lagos, Nigeria, and rainfall destroys a road in Gamba, Kenya. And Pope Francis is greeted by nuns during his weekly audience at the Vatican.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Europe and Africa.
The selection was curated by Lisbon photographer Armando Franco.
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