AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Oct 13, 2022, 12:24 PM | Updated: Oct 14, 2022, 12:31 am

An injured woman receives medical treatment at the scene of Russian shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in the city's Shevchenko district, a large area in the center of Kyiv that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni casts her ballot in the Italian lower Chamber on the opening session of the new parliament, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, to choose the Chamber president. Italy voted on Sept. 25 to elect a new parliament. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

United States' Sam Coffey, left, challenges for the ball with England's Lauren James during the women's friendly soccer match between England and the US at Wembley stadium in London, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Chelsea's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Champions League group E soccer match between AC Milan and Chelsea at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

AC Milan's Olivier Giroud, left, jump for the header during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Cardinals attend a mass with Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Pope Francis commemorates the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council by celebrating a Mass in honor of St. John XXIII, the "good pope" who convened the landmark meetings that modernized the Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A man wearing a blanket cast his vote at a poling station in Maseru, South Africa, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Voters across Lesotho are heading to the polls Friday to elect a leader to find solutions to high unemployment and crime. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

People hold up a large Ukrainian flag as they gather for a protest in Prague, Czech Republic,Tuesday, Oct. 11, few hundreds of people have gathered in the Czech capital to condemn the Russian strikes against multiple cities across Ukraine and demand support for efficient Ukraine's air defenses. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A woman walks out of a polling station after casting her vote in Thaba-Tseka District, 82km east of Maseru, Lesotho, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Voters across Lesotho are heading to the polls Friday to elect a leader to find solutions to high unemployment and crime. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

A local resident stands on a cliff as bodies of migrants are seen next floating debris after a sailboat carrying migrants smashed into rocks and sank off the island of Kythira, southern Greece, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Residents of a Greek island pulled shipwrecked migrants to safety up steep cliffs in dramatic rescues after two boats sank in Greek waters, leaving at least 21 people dead and many still missing. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board of the International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society 'Memorial' (International Memorial) speaks by phone and smokes after a court hearing, with the Russian flag in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. On Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A firefighter helps his colleague to escape from a crater as they extinguish smoke from a burned car after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities Monday, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least six people were killed amid burnt-out cars and shattered buildings. The onslaught brought back into focus the grim reality of war after months of easing tensions in the capital. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)

Flame and smoke rise fron Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Crimea, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Russian authorities say a truck bomb has caused a fire and the partial collapse of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia. Three people have been killed. The bridge is a key supply artery for Moscow's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

Ukrainian firefighters work among debris following a Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, early Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. A series of explosions have rocked the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv, sending towering plumes of illuminated smoke in the sky and triggering a series of secondary explosions. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Servicemen fire from their 152-mm gun 2A36 «Giatsint-B» howitzer from their position at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location in Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

OCT. 7 – OCT. 13, 2022

The war in Ukraine captured worldwide attention once again with multiple Russian missile strikes across the country following the bombing and partial collapse of the bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia. A sailboat carrying migrants smashed into rocks and sank off a southern Greek island. Elections took place in Lesotho, Nobel Prizes were awarded and Italy elected its president of the Senate, while Pope Francis commemorated the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the week by The Associated Press from Europe and Africa. The selection was curated by Rome-based Global Photo Desk editor Fabio Polimeni

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