AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Jan 19, 2023, 9:29 AM | Updated: 11:37 pm

A destroyed Russian tank covered by snow stands in a forest in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Spectators gather to watch an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Wengen, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

A man walks along the south bank of the River Thames backdropped by the Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, of the Houses of Parliament, in London, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, dozens ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

A man sells items to passers-by at Galata bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Inflation in Turkey showed a sharp drop in December thanks mainly to a favorable base effect — a development that could help President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's standing before an election, but is unlikely to bring relief to households suffering from a cost of living crisis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Residents of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, demonstrate Wednesday Jan. 18, 2023 against the scheduled arrival of South Sudanese troops set to join Kenyan forces deployed to assist the Congolese army in its fight against M23 rebels. Demonstrators clashed with police who said the protest was not authorised . (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Actor Kevin Spacey smiles as he arrives at the Cinema Massimo in Turin, Italy, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Kevin Spacey was in the northern Italian city of Turin on Monday to receive the lifetime achievement award, teach a master class and introduce a screening of the 1999 film "American Beauty." (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Funeral service employees adjusts a photo of late Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida before her laying in state at Rome's Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Lollobrigida who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world" after the title of one of her movies, died in Rome on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. She was 95. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Police officers carry Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg away from the edge of the Garzweiler II opencast lignite mine during a protest action by climate activists after the clearance of Luetzerath, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. After the eviction of Luetzerath ended on Sunday, coal opponents continued their protests on Tuesday at several locations in North Rhine-Westphalia. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Local residents clear the rubble after a Russian rocket hit a multistory building leaving many people under debris in Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Chop)

A Ukrainian tank with soldiers is seen through a car window close to the frontline near Kremenna in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

JAN 13-19, 2023

From the front line of the Ukraine war to climate protests in Germany, the Alpine Ski World Cup in Switzerland and the traditional purification by fire of animals in Spain, 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 Paris photographer Thibault Camus.

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