Europe's week in pictures

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

Switzerland was in shock after a gunman opened fire in the Zug assembly, killing 14 people

Going home: Nato pulled troops out of Macedonia after collecting almost 4,000 rebel weapons, leaving behind a force of 700

The Pope made the first visit to Armenia by a pontiff

Elections in Poland saw Solidarity crushed as a political force, and swept the Democratic Left to power

Cranes demolished the remains of a building on the site of the chemicals factory in Toulouse which exploded last week

A generation of fighters was honoured at last as President Chirac acknowledged France's debt to the Algerian Harki soldiers

People walked the usually traffic-choked streets of Athens as people observed a car free day

It was harvest time in Portugal as farmers gathered in the grapes

One of Barcelona's most famous residents - an albino gorilla - was back on show recovering from an operation