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Ap Week In Pictures: Europe And Africa

By The Associated Press
A man plays the trumpet in front of a barricade during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Laurent Cipriani, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man plays the trumpet in front of a barricade during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Angelina Topic of Serbia fails an attempt in the Women High Jump final at the European Athletics Indoor Championships at Atakoy Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Red Cross volunteers carry a woman on a stretcher into the MSF medical train that evacuates patients from near the frontline of the fighting to safer areas at the train station in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A child adjusts their leopard mask as Romania's Jewish community celebrates Purim at the Coral Temple synagogue in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, March 6, 2023. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Tobacco auctioneers inspect the tobacco while chanting during the official opening of the tobacco marketing season in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, March, 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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MARCH 3-9, 2023

From the battle for the destroyed city the Ukrainians call “Fortress Bakhmut” to International Women’s Day events, the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul and Paris Fashion Week, 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 AP photographer Armando Franca in Lisbon.

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