Africa’s week in pictures: 10-16 February 2024
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A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond:
![Acaye Kerunen Ayelele looks at her piece during a press preview.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/D3BE/production/_132660245_gettyimages-1997262502.jpg)
On Monday, Ugandan artist Acaye Kerunen Ayelele admires her piece called 2023 Raffia on show at London’s Barbican in the UK.
![A model presents a creation from Ivorian stylist Lafalaise Dion.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/177A3/production/_132636169_gettyimages-1991971687.jpg)
Models showcase clothing made from cowries shells by Ivorian designer Lafalaise Dion on Monday…
![A model presents a creation by Gambian designer Ismaila Jallow.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/6280/production/_132661252_gettyimages-1992175801.jpg)
These designs by Gambia’s Ismaila Jallow were also on display at the event in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
![Members of the Layene Brotherhood sit and sing together, dressed in all white, in Dakar.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/13E6C/production/_132661518_gettyimages-1993513406.jpg)
The next day in Senegal, members of the Layene Brotherhood celebrate the religious group’s 144th anniversary.
![A man and a helicopter pour water to put out a fire.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/121DE/production/_132660247_hi091998915.jpg)
Firefighters on land and in the air tackle a blaze near homes in the Kalk Bay area of Cape Town in South Africa on Monday.
![French-Cameroonian singer Yamê holds his Best Male Newcomer award.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1A3C/production/_132661760_gettyimages-1991170412.jpg)
French-Cameroonian singer Yamê bags Best Male Newcomer at the Victoires de la Musique awards in Paris on Friday.
![A woman holds roses at Adderley Street Flower Market.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8986/production/_132660253_tv092059214.jpg)
Cape Town’s Adderley Street Flower Market does a roaring trade on Valentine’s Day on Wednesday…
![Women at a "Dark Valentine" vigil.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/FAD8/production/_132661246_tv092062074.jpg)
Meanwhile women in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, hold a ‘Dark Valentine’ vigil demanding an end to femicide in the country.
![A couple hold a rose while watching the sunset on Sinkoe Beach in Monrovia, Liberia.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/3B66/production/_132660251_tv092068807.jpg)
That same day, a couple share a moment on the beach in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia.
![Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso competes in the triple jump final.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/685C/production/_132661762_a938145c-dd53-43fc-aeb0-8ca271eaca2d.jpg)
Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango competes in the triple jump at the World Indoor Tour Gold in France on Saturday.
![A boy with sooted hands stands at the doorway to an aluminium workshop.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/B0A0/production/_132661254_gettyimages-2001176649.jpg)
This boy works at an aluminium workshop in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday.
![An endangered reptile is fed at WildPark in the Antalya Aquarium in Antalya. Their diet includes morio worms, Madagascar cockroaches, grasshoppers and crickets.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/540C/production/_132661512_gettyimages-2003779689.jpg)
This reptile seen on Monday at a wildlife park in Turkey enjoys a special diet of Madagascar cockroaches.
![Ivory Coast players, winners of the 2024 African Cup of Nations, parade in a vechile on the Alassane Ouattara bridge in Abidjan.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/A22C/production/_132661514_gettyimages-1998551321.jpg)
Thousands of fans line the streets of Abidjan to catch a glimpse of the Ivory Coast team during their Monday victory tour after winning the Africa Cup of Nations at home.
![A Nigeria supporter reacts during the Africa Cup of Nations final.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/F04C/production/_132661516_gettyimages-1996268098.jpg)
The Ivorians stunned Nigeria 2-1 in Sunday’s final…
![Thousands of fans holding banners gather in Accra. One banner reads: "Competent people should leader the Moys".](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/05EC/production/_132661510_gettyimages-2003718057.jpg)
Meanwhile Ghanaian fans are demanding better from their national team after crashing out at the group stage of the tournament.
![Oumy Diop of Senegal in action.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/148F8/production/_132661248_tv091949091.jpg)
Senegal’s Oumy Diop competes in the Women’s Butterfly heats at the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar on Sunday,
![An animal handler plays with a leopard turtle at the CTC Conservation Center in Butambala District, west of Kampala, in Uganda.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1460/production/_132661250_tv091961908.jpg)
A handler tends to leopard turtles at Uganda’s Conservation Through Commercialisation centre on Saturday.
![A canoeist paddles in the early morning as the sun rises at the Emmarentia Dam.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16FFE/production/_132660249_tv092076793.jpg)
And a canoeist enjoys the sunrise at Johannesburg’s Emmarentia Dam on Thursday.