Africa’s week in pictures: 16-22 September 2023
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A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
![A trader sits in their van, loaded with animals, as they wait at the border in Malanville between Benin and Niger on September 18, 2023.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/F7F9/production/_131218436_editedgettyimages-1678896906.jpg)
A goat trader in Benin poses inside his van on Monday.
![A Kenyan calls for passengers at a bus station to board public transport in Nairobi, Kenya, 19 September 2023.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/A33F/production/_131219714_edited832d658c0af386decbb19d1d265e516e19f7a4d2.jpg)
While the vehicle is the focal point of this photo, snapped in Kenya on Tuesday.
![Aerial views of the Dungu river on September 18, 2023 in Dungu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8EEF/production/_131219563_editedgettyimages-1676931384.jpg)
Sunlight breaks through dark clouds above the Dungu River in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday.
![Mahmoud Kahrba, who plays for Egyptian club Al-Ahly, wipes his brow in Friday’s football game against Algeria’s USM Alger.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11D34/production/_131221037_8f545a54-9097-4950-89bc-0a946a57f1c6.jpg)
And lights from mobile phones shine as Mahmoud Kahrba, a footballer with Egyptian club Al-Ahly, wipes his brow in Friday’s game against Algeria’s USM Alger.
![Youngsters play football at a plantation in Sudan.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/FF16/production/_131220356_ccce6bc0-c8af-4e3a-9c31-e7bf568b65ff.jpg)
The next generation of footballers plays near a plantation in Sudan on Friday.
![Children pose for a photo in a classroom as the 2023-2024 academic year begins for Tunisian students after the summer holiday in Tunis, Tunisia on September 15, 2023.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/A85E/production/_131220134_gettyimages-1667704202.jpg)
While on the same day, children in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, began a new academic year.
![A masked witness leaves a court in Goma, DRC, during a trial against six soldiers accused of crimes against humanity.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/3BC6/production/_131220351_editedgettyimages-1673764568.jpg)
A masked witness leaves court in Goma, DR Congo, during the trial of six soldiers accused of crimes against humanity.
![Nigerien protesters pray outside a French army base](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1449E/production/_131220138_editedc53862194499840bdf22768154658162fa6739cd.jpg)
Nigerien protesters spend their Friday outside a French army base, pausing their demonstration to pray in a neat formation.
![A member of Standard Bank security personnel ordering an Extinction Rebellion activist wearing a dinosaur to leave the area during an occupation protest in Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 September 2023.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1006/production/_131220140_edited45a59b0e8f483219981048f82eba6ab5d3be19fc.jpg)
Thousands of kilometres away, a costumed climate change protester is ordered on Tuesday to leave the area outside Standard Bank’s Johannesburg office.
![A portrait of Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a veteran politician and Zulu prince, is seen at his state funeral in Ulundi, South Africa, September 16, 2023.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/5C35/production/_131150632_a203edfce41de5b4544b6b2653320b1b57184d010_79_4539_25524539x2552.jpg)
Elsewhere in South Africa, mourners say goodbye to outspoken politician and Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.