Africa’s week in pictures: 11-19 October 2023
A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
A day after Tuesday’s elections in Liberia, a man sings during a church service in the capital, Monrovia.
Footballers in Monrovia’s Clara Town play a game on Friday on the ground floor of an unfinished building.
On the same day, people in Kenya’s Samburu region take part in a traditional dance.
Communities gather for the three days of cultural events – the main being the Maralal International Camel Derby, held on Saturday.
Competitors take part in the 10km (six-mile) race, which attracts thousands of visitors, including local and foreign tourists.
South African cricketer Temba Bavuma signs autographs for girls taking part in a cricket clinic in the Indian city of Lucknow on Monday on the side-lines of the World Cup.
On the same day, a chef shows off a special technique at the International Couscous Festival in Algeria’s capital, Algiers.
Sunday sees celebrations of Ethiopia’s annual Irreecha thanksgiving festival – celebrated by the country’s Oromo community.
People, in traditional costumes, gather at Hora Arsadi, a sacred lake near the town of Bishoftu in the Oromia region.
In one Irreecha tradition, festival-goers immerse grass in the lake and sprinkle themselves with water to mark the end of the rains and the start of spring.
On Saturday, people in Morocco’s capital, Rabat, stage a protest in support of Palestinians after Israel launched air strikes on Gaza following a deadly attack by Hamas militants earlier in the day.
On Thursday, a man cycles through Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, holding a Palestinian flag to express support for Gaza’s residents.
The day before a cyclist in South Africa’s city of Cape Town rides past a mural urging freedom and peace between Israel and Palestinians.
On the same day in Johannesburg, a police officer tries to wrest an Israeli flag from a man at a pro-Palestinian protest outside the US embassy.
Jean sellers are pictured at a market in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, on Saturday – a few days after a ban on imported second-hand clothes came into effect.
On the same day, officers in Madagascar fire tear gas to disperse an opposition gathering in the capital, Antananarivo.
Opposition politicians, including ex-President Marc Ravalomanana (R), were marching holding cauliflowers that have come to symbolise police repression ahead of elections next month.
On Saturday, someone takes part on horseback in the annual Pride March in Botswana’s capital, Gaborone. The country decriminalised homosexuality in a landmark decision in 2019.
A day earlier, in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, women take part in an anti-LGBTQ march after a recent court ruling allowed gay and lesbian organisations to register in the country.
On the same down in southern Kenya, glass is moulded at a studio in Kajiado that specialises in recycling.
And women in the Egyptian city of Alexandria watch Sunday’s sunset over the Mediterranean.
