Africa’s week in pictures: 20-26January 2024
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A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
![Men from the Dogon ethnic group dance during the Ogobagna Masked Dance ceremony in Bamako.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/151E7/production/_132430568_gettyimages-1947771626.jpg)
Dogon men perform the Ogobagna Masked Dance in Mali’s capital, Bamako, on Monday.
![A young Morocco supporter gestures to the camera.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/E8D3/production/_132430695_b8080fb3-94ba-41f9-9771-c522ccee8498.jpg)
Fans pack the Laurent Pokou Stadium in Ivory Coast on Sunday to watch Morocco take on the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the African Cup of Nations…
![A Nigeria's supporter reacts ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations group A football match between Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/C1C3/production/_132430694_gettyimages-1945634416.jpg)
The next day Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau in the group stages to progress to the final 16…
![Supporters cheer during the Africa Cup of Nations group C football match between Senegal and Cameroon in Yamoussoukro on 19 January.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/9260/production/_132427473_gettyimages-1938270093.jpg)
This year’s tournament is gearing up to be one of the most exciting and unpredictable in recent memory.
![Visitors look at light installations at the Atelier des Lumieres, during a press preview of the exhibition titled "Egyptian Pharaons, from Cheops to Ramses II".](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2583/production/_132430690_gettyimages-1952141128.jpg)
Ancient Egypt’s wonders are reproduced in this light show in Paris, France, on Thursday.
![Egyptian workers making mannequins.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/73A3/production/_132430692_gettyimages-1943419366.jpg)
Meanwhile workers manufacture mannequins in northern Egypt on Saturday.
![A man walks past different paintings on display for sale.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1009C/production/_132429656_hi091368041.jpg)
Paintings are on display at Buganda Road craft market in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday.
![A man and a woman look through an iron gate.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/645C/production/_132429652_tv091255433.jpg)
Worshippers wait to join a Timket ceremony in Ethiopia on Saturday…
![Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers bathe during the celebration of Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany, in Gondar.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/6B6F/production/_132430572_gettyimages-1939227425.jpg)
The Orthodox Christian festival marks the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river.
![Schoolchildren wave to the camera.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/103C7/production/_132430566_gettyimages-1949144967.jpg)
Children in South Africa watch Zimbabwe take on Sri Lanka in the Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup.
![Indonesian guards wear traditional costumes.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/4828/production/_132427481_gettyimages-1950965386.jpg)
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives a guard of honour in Indonesia while visiting President Joko Widodo on Thursday.
![The changing of the guard takes place during a meeting between Angolan President Joao Lourenco and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Presidential Palace in Luanda.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/E080/production/_132427475_gettyimages-1951691765.jpg)
On the same day in Luanda, a changing of the guard takes place outside a meeting between Angolan President João Lourenço and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
![Members of a senior brass band from Brass for Africa rehearse ahead of a performance in Kampala.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/14AD4/production/_132429648_gettyimages-1950961703.jpg)
And on Tuesday in Uganda, Brass for Africa rehearse ahead of a performance in the capital, Kampala.