Africa’s week in pictures: 1-7 September
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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:
![Military soldiers marching in Gabon, 4 September](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/E0D9/production/_131016575_c64522ac-735c-4a6d-81e5-614bdffc9290.jpg)
On Monday, soldiers parade in honour of General Brice Nguema during his inauguration as interim president in Gabon’s capital, Libreville.
![A delegate from the indigenous Maasai community wearing ostrich feathers, 6 September](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/9043/production/_131013963_eb2f147fc32f7c8425623c6764db99d88590734a0_84_2420_13621000x563.jpg)
A maasai man arrives at the African Climate Summit on Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya…
![Climate activists holding placards in Nairobi, 4 September](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/107E9/production/_131016576_b06f0508-769e-4719-8709-1836b102bdbf.jpg)
At the same summit on Monday, climate activists march and urge delegates to take action to phase out fossil fuels…
![The larvae of black soldier flies, 4 September](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/4223/production/_131013961_32a07518dced0a29c605be342a9da553f365bdd50_65_3874_21791000x563.jpg)
These larvae of black soldier flies were also on display at the summit.
![Female harvester in Tunisia, 5 September](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/DA7B/production/_131013955_8ce60bc38f89066f2be1974f5c6ab08260e7c29b.jpg)
While a Tunisian farmer harvests organic green peppers on Tuesday.
![The Lagos Blue Line rail in Lagos, Nigeria, 4 September](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/4629/production/_131016971_38cb6024-4c94-4d81-8d53-fb02a25d69a1.jpg)
The new Lagos Blue Line rail arrives at the Marina station on Monday, the first day of its commercial operations in Nigeria’s commercial hub.
![Open graves in South Africa, 3 September](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/13DC7/production/_131015318_6f620f8b-2d7f-4c0a-a387-410c645be7c2.jpg)
Mourners wait near open graves ahead of a mass burial of victims of a deadly blaze on Sunday in Johannesburg, South Africa.
![Lawyers at a hearing in Congo, 6 September](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/15609/production/_131016578_64be9260-930d-47d1-8941-3cdaf771d650.jpg)
Lawyers attend a hearing of six soldiers charged with crimes against humanity at a military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday.
![Large crowd of people holding Zimbabwe flag, 4 September](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/092F/production/_131015320_gettyimages-1645159347.jpg)
Large crowds attend the inauguration of Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday.
![Women work making injera at Lemi Kura Injera Factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 September.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/17D19/production/_131016579_00e959e1-569a-4653-991e-99ea8155d07c.jpg)
Women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia make injera – traditional fermented flatbread on Friday.