Africa’s week in pictures: 20-26January 2024
A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
Dogon men perform the Ogobagna Masked Dance in Mali’s capital, Bamako, on Monday.
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…
The next day Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau in the group stages to progress to the final 16…
This year’s tournament is gearing up to be one of the most exciting and unpredictable in recent memory.
Ancient Egypt’s wonders are reproduced in this light show in Paris, France, on Thursday.
Meanwhile workers manufacture mannequins in northern Egypt on Saturday.
Paintings are on display at Buganda Road craft market in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday.
Worshippers wait to join a Timket ceremony in Ethiopia on Saturday…
The Orthodox Christian festival marks the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river.
Children in South Africa watch Zimbabwe take on Sri Lanka in the Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup.
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives a guard of honour in Indonesia while visiting President Joko Widodo on Thursday.
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.
And on Tuesday in Uganda, Brass for Africa rehearse ahead of a performance in the capital, Kampala.
