Jan. 12–18, 2024

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II abdicates, and her son becomes King Frederik X, designer Giorgio Armani presents his Fall-Winter collection in Milan, Ivory Coast faces Guinea-Bissau in the African Cup of Nations of soccer, and a volcano in Iceland destroys homes in the fishing town of Grindavik.

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 chief photographer Emilio Morenatti in Spain.

Other news EU official praises efforts by Poland’s new government to restore the rule of law More than 1,000 rally in Russian region in continuing protests over activist’s jailing At Davos, leaders talked big on rebuilding trust. Can the World Economic Forum make a difference?

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