May. 10, 2024 02:34 AM EST

Ap Week In Pictures: Europe And Africa

By The Associated Press
A Russian soldier wearing a sniper suit, a participant of a performance depicting military operation battles in Ukraine looks at his phone prior to the Victory Day military parade at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Dmitri Lovetsky, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Russian soldier wearing a sniper suit, a participant of a performance depicting military operation battles in Ukraine looks at his phone prior to the Victory Day military parade at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Count Binface a candidate in the London Mayoral election poses for the cameras at the count result in City Hall in London, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A fan poses for photos next to a mural with the image of Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp prior to the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Children, participants of the parade walk, prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Altar boys take part in the procession of "Epitaphios", the bier that carries the body of Jesus Christ to his grave, at the Venetian port, in Nafpaktos town, western Greece, on Good Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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May 3-9, 2024

Crowds of people welcomed the Olympic torch on its arrival to France before the Summer Olympics in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Xi Jinping at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the Chinese leader's visit to European countries. The mother of a Ukrainian serviceman who was killed in battle kisses the flag that covers her son’s coffin during a funeral. Music fans gathered in the Swedish city of Malmo for the Eurovision Song Contest.

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 AP photographer Andreea Alexandru in Bucharest, Romania.

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