Africa’s week in pictures: 22-30 June 2023
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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:
![A salesman prepares sea products on sale at Darajani fish market in Stone Town of Zanzibar, Tanzania - Friday 23 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/65F8/production/_130240162_fishzanz.jpg)
A fishmonger on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar grimaces as a prepares the catch for sale at Friday’s fish market in Stone Town…
![A diver swims around the underwater ecosystem of the Great Northern of Zanzibar, Tanzania - Friday 23 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/C4E4/production/_130240405_b53159b4-ade9-40a9-973f-a2768f5d3633.jpg)
But there are fears that fishing and other activities off the island’s coast could damage the underwater ecosystem, being inspected by a diver on the same day.
![A member of the Moallem Houssem Ghina Ensemble performs onstage during the 24th edition of the Gnaoua World Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco - Friday 23 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/156F1/production/_130239778_a3ab2863411a43d566c0e51770c3ff8649e7ecc80_0_5408_36242000x1340.jpg)
A performer from the Moallem Houssem Ghina Ensemble leaps for the enjoyment of Friday’s crowd at the Gnaoua World Music Festival in Morocco.
![Muslim women dance in the street a day ahead of Eid al-Adha, in Adjame, Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Tuesday 27 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/12560/production/_130240157_4e242fdb5c35ed1d5323393e19f73d4284b326a60_0_5760_38402000x1333.jpg)
In the Adjame suburb of Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, the Eid al-Adha festivities begin on Tuesday, the eve of the Muslim holiday.
![Muslims celebrate after the Eid al-Adha prayer at Al Seddik Mosque in the Heliopolis area of Cairo, Egypt - Wednesday 28 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0194/production/_130240400_kingkong.jpg)
Egyptians enjoying the festivities on Wednesday got to take a picture with a gorilla that turned up at a mosque in the capital, Cairo.
![Men skin a slaughtered sheep on the first day of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday in Wad Hamid, Sudan - Wednesday 28 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/EBF4/production/_130240406_skinning.jpg)
In Wad Hamid, about 100km (60 miles) north of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, a man skins a sheep for an Eid feast, where people marked the festival despite the conflict…
![A boy from Darfur attends Eid al-Adha prayers in al-Qadarif, Sudan- Wednesday 28 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/17380/production/_130240159_4254424cc795bb9c15681cfc7d4b6935e91fb4680_0_5392_38482000x1427.jpg)
But the fighting, which began in April, has forced millions from their homes – including this boy seen on Wednesday at Eid prayers in the east of Sudan.
![A worshiper spends time on his own after the main prayer service had finished at The Nizamiye Mosque during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa - Thursday 29 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/BAB1/production/_130239774_2ef1da95f333e4cd61e4497d1c3fe57904e6b76e0_0_6720_44802000x1333.jpg)
A worshipper has a contemplative moment at a mosque in the South African city of Johannesburg on Thursday, the second day of the Eid celebrations.
![A voter gets his nail inked after casting his ballot for the national elections at a polling station in Freetown, Sierra Leone - Saturday 24 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2259/production/_130239780_e43160b104ab2ceaccb2c9953c64eef34dd7fe360_0_5000_33272000x1331.jpg)
A Sierra Leonean who has just cast their vote in Saturday’s general election gets their nail inked to show they have taken part…
![Supporters of the president of Sierra Leone and leader of Sierra Leone People's party (SLPP), Julius Maada Bio, celebrate in the streets following his re-election in Freetown - Tuesday 27 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8D08/production/_130240163_sl2.jpg)
Three days later, supporters of incumbent President Julius Maada Bio celebrate in Freetown after he was declared the winner of the presidential race – a result that the opposition is disputing.
![Kennedy Munyao (R) of Kenya competes with Odai Deirawan of Syria at the Brandenburg Gate during day nine of Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 in Berlin Germany - Sunday 25 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16B6A/production/_130243039_cyclist.jpg)
Kenya’s Kennedy Munyao speeds round the streets of Germany’s capital, Berlin, in a 10km cycling race on Sunday at the Special Olympics World Games – a competition for people with intellectual disabilities.
![The 63rd anniversary of Madagascar's independence celebrated with military ceremony in the capital, Antananarivo - Monday 26 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11304/production/_130240407_marching.jpg)
Madagascan soldiers march in formation on Monday in Antananarivo as part of events to mark the country’s 63rd anniversary of independence.
![Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga, of the Azimio La Umoja arrives at a public rally over the government finance bill, at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya - Tuesday 27 June 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/108D1/production/_130239776_9c876769d7d229b1e11a5d245e4f5ad4441c2bc70_0_4432_27872000x1258.jpg)
And Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga proves that he can still pull a crowd on Tuesday, calling for civil disobedience against the new tax increases that have been signed into law.