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1of24Guards keep a curtain closed prior to a meeting between France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 6, 2023.Thibault Camus/APShow MoreShow Less2of24Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and France’s President Emmanuel Macron review troops during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 6, 2023.Thibault Camus/APShow MoreShow Less3of244of24A Ukrainian soldier fires the howitzer at the Russian positions on the frontline near Kremenna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (Roman Chop via AP)Roman Chop/APShow MoreShow Less5of24Military personnel raise the flag of Finland during a flag raising ceremony on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Finland joined the NATO military alliance on Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Russia with a historic realignment of the continent triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.Geert Vanden Wijngaert/APShow MoreShow Less6of247of24Darya Trepova, a suspect in a bombing at a St. Petersburg cafe that killed a Russian military blogger, attends a court hearing in the Basmanny District Court, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. The court ordered Trepova to remain in custody for two months pending the investigation.Alexander Zemlianichenko/APShow MoreShow Less8of24Masked devotes take part in the Holy Monday procession in Logrono, northern Spain, Monday, April 3, 2023.Alvaro Barrientos/APShow MoreShow Less9of2410of24Penitents from the ‘Cristo de la Buena Muerte’ brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, early Tuesday, April 4, 2023.Bernat Armangue/APShow MoreShow Less11of24The priest Antonio Bueno confesses to a penitent of the brotherhood of “Los Estudiantes” before starting the procession through the streets of Seville, Spain, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.Emilio Morenatti/APShow MoreShow Less12of2413of24Pope Francis leaves after celebrating the Palm Sunday’s mass in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, 2023, a day after being discharged from the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, where he has been treated for bronchitis, The Vatican said. The Roman Catholic Church enters Holy Week, retracing the story of the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection three days later on Easter Sunday.Gregorio Borgia/APShow MoreShow Less14of24Pope Francis celebrates the Chrism Mass where the chrism, the oil of the catechumens and the oil of the sick are consecrated, and all the priests renew the promises made on the day of their ordination, inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 6, 2023.Andrew Medichini/APShow MoreShow Less15of2416of24Children pick branches of palm trees during activities to commemorate Palm Sunday, at the Roman Catholic Church in Harare, Sunday, April, 2, 2023.Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/APShow MoreShow Less17of24People are silhoueted as they walk through a connecting tunnel in an Underground station in London, Tuesday, April 4, 2023.Kirsty Wigglesworth/APShow MoreShow Less18of2419of24The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema speaks during their picket against Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Uganda’s legislature last week passed the anti-homosexuality bill. The legislation is now with President Yoweri Museveni, who can sign it into law or return it back to the parliamentary speaker with proposed changes.Themba Hadebe/APShow MoreShow Less20of24Youths clash with police forces during a protest Thursday, April 6, 2023 in Nantes, western France. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The furious public reaction to the plan has cornered and weakened French President Emmanuel Macron.Jeremias Gonzalez/APShow MoreShow Less21of2422of24Tottenham’s Harry Kane is pushed by Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucoure during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur at the Goodison Park stadium in Liverpool, England, Monday, April 3, 2023.Jon Super/APShow MoreShow Less23of24Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku, left, and Fiorentina’s Igor fight for the ball during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Fiorentina, at the San Siro Stadium, in Milan, Saturday, April 1, 2023.Antonio Calanni/APShow MoreShow Less24of24
MARCH 31-APRIL 6, 2023
From protests against raising the retirement age in France, to Premier League football in England and Holy Week celebrations across Europe and Africa, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Europe and Africa.
