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Africa Week in Pictures: 23-29 August 2024

A selection of the best photos of the week from the African continent and beyond:

GERALD ANDERSON / GETTY IMAGES Two women from the Rendille community stand side by side wearing colorful beaded jewelry and headdresses. GERALD ANDERSON/GETTY IMAGES

On Saturday, members of the Rendille community will come together in Kenya…

GERALD ANDERSON / GETTY IMAGES Three men from the Rendille community wear colorful beaded jewelry and feather headdresses. GERALD ANDERSON/GETTY IMAGES

The cultural festival took place in the town of Loglogo in Marsabit province.

AMR ABDALLAH DALSH / REUTERS A man is reflected in a mirror made from recycled car tires. AMR ABDALLAH DALSH / REUTERS

Egyptian entrepreneur Ibrahim Abougendy is reflected in a mirror made of recycled car tires in his shop in Cairo on Friday.

HOLLIE ADAMS/REUTERS Shauna-Leigh, 11, holds a flag of Jamaica and La'mya, 13, holds a flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo as they take part in the Children's Day parade at the Notting Hill Carnival. They are pictured posing in the street with their flags as other people walk past. They wear white sneakers, pink skirts, purple tops with a jewelled necklace on top and pink and blue costume pieces with feathers that look like halos around their heads.HOLLIE ADAMS / REUTERS

A girl raises the flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo (R.) at the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Great Britain, on Sunday.

PHILIMON BULAWAYO / REUTERS Cosplayer Gabriel Ota walks during an anime, manga and cosplay convention. He is dressed as popular Japanese action game character Jin Sakai, the sword-wielding protagonist of Ghost of Tsushima. He wears a white samurai outfit made of cardboard and recycled paper.PHILIMON BULAWAYO / REUTERS

Anime, manga and cosplay fans dress up as their favourite characters at this gathering in Harare, Zimbabwe on Sunday.

FRANCK FIFE / AFP The lower bodies of two members of the Mauritian delegation are pictured at a parade on the Place de la Concorde during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. One person is in a wheelchair and wearing blue trousers and white sneakers. The other has a prosthetic leg in the colors of the Mauritian national flag - yellow, green, red and blue.FRANCK FIFE / AFP

A proud Paralympic participant wears a prosthetic leg in the colors of the national flag of Mauritius at the opening ceremony of the Games in Paris on Wednesday.

MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS A smiling man wearing a sun hat talks on the phone. He suffers from the skin disease vitiligo.MONICA MWANGI / REUTERS

On Friday, model Phelix Owiny will attend the World Vitiligo Day celebrations organized by the Royal Patches Foundation in Kenya's capital Nairobi.

MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP Men bathe two horses in the Mediterranean Sea off a beach in the Libyan west coast city of Misrata on August 27, 2024. MAHMUD Türkiye / AFP

In Libya, where temperatures can reach up to 50 degrees Celsius in summer, these men bathed two horses in the sea on Tuesday.

FAWAZ OYEDEJI / AFP Chidimma Adetshina smiles for the cameras. She has long, straight black hair and wears a sash. FAWAZ OYEDEJI / AFP

After enduring xenophobic insults and dropping out of the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, Chidimma Adetshina will take part in the Miss Universe Nigeria boot camp in Lagos on Saturday.

NIPAH DENNIS / AFP A supporter of Ghana's largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), wears glasses with the word NIPAH DENNIS / AFP

On the same day, supporters of the largest opposition party NDC take part in the presentation of their election manifesto as part of their election campaign in Ghana.

YURI KOCHETKOV/EPA Members of the South African Force Band perform during the opening of the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Moscow's Red Square. In the foreground of the picture is a male dancer, energetically raising his leg high in the air. He is wearing a leopard skin outfit and a headdress. In the background are members of the South African Force Band. One plays the trumpet. They wear blue jackets with gold trim.YURI KOCHETKOV/EPA

Musicians from the South African Defence Force and dancers dressed in leopard skins will perform at the International Military Music Festival in Moscow, Russia on Friday.

OUPA BOPAPE / GETTY IMAGES KB Motsilanyane and dancers on stage at the 7th Royalty Soapie Awards at the Heartfelt Arena. KB Motsilanyane wears a sparkly silver top and a long orange sheer skirt with flowers on it.OUPA BOPAPE / GETTY IMAGES

On Saturday, actress KB Motsilanyane (centre) will appear at the Soapie Awards in the South African city of Pretoria.

ANTONIA SEMPERE / AFP African migrants, part of a group of 242 migrants aboard two boats, arrive aboard a boat at the port of La Restinga on the Canary Island of El Hierro.ANTONIA SEMPERE / AFP

On Tuesday, dozens of migrants from West Africa reached Spain's Canary Islands after surviving one of the world's most dangerous migration routes in the Atlantic Ocean.

BADRU KATUMBA / AFP Ugandan police arrest an environmental activist during a protest in Kampala against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project. The protester lies on the ground with his mouth open as if he were screaming while police officers hold him by his shirt.BADRU KATUMBA / AFP

Ugandan police arrested an environmental activist on Monday during a protest in Kampala against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project.

AFP men build a temporary dam made of mud bricks amid flooding in the Messawi area near Meroe.AFP

Residents built makeshift dykes on Tuesday after floods washed away homes in Messawi, near the city of Meroe in northern Sudan…

EL TAYEB SIDDIG / REUTERS A survivor is helped to climb a wall. Behind him is muddy brown water.EL TAYEB SIDDIG / REUTERS

This man is helped up a wall after flooding in South Tokar in Sudan's Red Sea state…

EL TAYEB SIDDIG / REUTERS Three people protect themselves from the sun in a cement pipe.EL TAYEB SIDDIG / REUTERS

While these men nearby seek shelter from the scorching sun in a cement pipe.

ESA ALEXANDER / REUTERS Sea foam is seen next to a fence in Three Anchor Bay.ESA ALEXANDER / REUTERS

On Wednesday, sea foam will foam up in South Africa during a cold front in Cape Town.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

Getty Images/BBC A woman looks at her mobile phone and the graphic BBC News AfricaGetty Images/BBC

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