Revivals and farewells: Africa's top shots
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Posers and paddling pools: Africa’s top shots
[ad_2]A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
These designers hit the red carpet at Sun City in South Africa with fashionista flair for the annual National Arts And Culture Awards on Friday. [Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images/Getty Images]
It is all fancy dress at South Africa’s Comic Con Africa Championships of Cosplay in Johannesburg on Thursday as competitors gather backstage before the contest starts. [Kim Ludbrook/EPA/Shutterstock]
Young women celebrate the Virgin Mary at the centuries-old Ashenda festival in Ethiopia’s northern city of Mekelle on Sunday…. [Girmay Gebru/BBC]
They dress up for the events that take place over three days and braid their hair in a special way. Ashenda means “the tall green grass” in the region’s language. [Girmay Gebru/BBC]
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On the same day over in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, a Rastafarian man takes part in a prayer ceremony. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu/Getty Images]
Bikers roll into Nairobi on Sunday for a parade in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza war. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu/Getty Images]
There is pomp and ceremony in Brazil the next day as Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu reviews the guard of honour welcoming him to Planalto Palace in Brasília... [Evasristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images]
He and his Brazilian counterpart, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, went on to sign various bilateral agreements. [Adriano Machado/Reuters]
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In Sudan's city of Omdurman on Saturday some Muslim faithful participate in a procession ahead of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday... [AFP/Getty Images]
Later in the week in Khartoum, a Sudanese man stands knee-deep in water after heavy rain as workers try to use a pump to drain the flooded road. [Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images]
In neighbouring Egypt, these children are enjoying their paddling pool in the capital, Cairo, on a hot Tuesday... [Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images]
In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday a woman lugs logs in Kibumba. [Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images]
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On the same day in Tanzania's main city of Dar es Salaam, it is all smiles for a man attending the launch of President Samia Suluhu Hassan's election campaign. [Anthony Siame/EPA/Shutterstock]
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara greets his supporters through the sunroof of his car on Tuesday in Abidjan as he announces his candidacy for October's election. [Egnan Koula/EPA/Shutterstock]
And South Africa's Springbok women celebrate after scoring a whopping 11 tries to win 66-6 against Brazil at the Women's Rugby World Cup in the UK on Sunday. [Andrew Boyers/Reuters]
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Boxing boots, Yoruba festivals and trombones: Africa’s top shots
[ad_2]A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
A model in Kenya is photographed on Saturday in a boxing ring ahead of a tournament to mark International Youth Day in Mathare slum in the capital, Nairobi. [Daniel Irungu/Shutterstock/EPA]
There are big kicks in Cape Town on Tuesday as South African climate activists call for Total to be kicked out of Africa. The energy giant has not responded the campaign but describes itself as committed to providing sustainable energy. [Brenton Geach/Gallo Images/Getty Images]
Mia le Roux, who became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss South Africa last year, smiles for cameras in the capital, Pretoria, on Friday as she attends a national dialogue convention that seeks to identify the most important issues facing the country. [Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images]
Potatoes abound at this food market on Sunday as a trader replenishes his potato stock in Algeria’s capital, Algiers. [Billel Bensalem/APP/NurPhoto/Getty Images]
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The next day in Wasiko, Uganda, a trombone player blows his horn before a football tournament game at the Africa Nations Championship (Chan), where Uganda faced off South Africa in a group stage match. [Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images]
There are smiles on Sunday at a fan zone in Nairobi set up for Kenyan football fans to watch their team take on Zambia in a Chan match. [Donwilson Odhiambo/Getty Images]
On Wednesday, these young children in Nigeria's city of Lagos participate in festivities on Isese Day, when Yoruba traditions are celebrated. [Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto/Getty Images]
In the Nigerian state of Oyo on Saturday there are more Yoruba celebrations as a worshipper of the deity Sango shows off her clothing as she participates in the annual Sango festival. [Emmanuel Adegboye/Shutterstock/EPA]
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On the same day in Detroit, Nigerian musician Asake graces the stage at a concert in the US city. [Robert Okine/Getty Images]
Emirati singer, Ahlam, glitters on stage on Thursday during a performance at Tunisia's Carthage International Festival. [Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images]
Divers in a bay in the Egyptian city of Alexandria watch as a crane pulls up a giant stone artefact on Thursday as part of drive to recover sunken antiquities. [Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images]
In the same port city on the same day, a young girl smiles as enjoys the breeze through the window of a bus as temperatures soar amid a heatwave. [Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters]
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