Europe's week in pictures

The news and the pictures from Europe over the last seven days.

Police block the path of supporters of ousted Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko in the Ukrainian capital Kiev

On the same day as the government fell Ukrainians remembered the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion, 15 years ago

One thousand candles illuminate the main square of the Basque town of Guernica in memory of the victims of wartime bombing

In France fires are needed to keep the precious buds on the Chablis vines safe from the cold night temperatures

Elsewhere in France water continued to be the problem - the Somme valley remained flooded

Russian space technicians prepare a rocket for the launch in Kazakstan of a mission to the international space station

In Germany companies showed off their latest inventions at the Hanover Fair...

... and Chancellor Schroeder made some new high-tech friends

Marie Bremont, believed to be France's oldest person, celebrated her 115th birthday this week...

... while Vienna Zoo celebrated a new birthday - Abu the baby elephant was born on Thursday