Africa’s week in pictures
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:
Preparations get under way at South African Fashion Week in Johannesburg on Friday…
Models wore creations by Fuata Moyo, Refuse Clothing, Rubicon and more.
On the same day this horseman poses for the camera before the centuries-old Durbar Festival in Ilori, Nigeria.
The next day in Senegal’s capital Dakar, worshippers gather for Eid prayers marking the end of Ramadan.
On the same day in Ivory Coast, revellers take part in the Popo Carnival…
This man is among the celebrants in Bonoua town…
The annual festival honours the heritage of the Aboure people and attracts people from all over – including this woman from Trinidad and Tobago.
On Friday, Cameroonian sociologist Muhammed Pagna explains how masks made from soil were used as passports for travel and hunting access in pre-colonial times.
Thousands are fleeing fighting caused by a rift between two top generals in Sudan. Many people have gone northwards to Egypt, where this Sudanese man is seen at a bus station on Tuesday.
Some others have exited southwards, via South Sudan, like these Kenyan students. But many more foreign nationals are still stuck inside the country and feel bitterly let down by their governments.
On Friday, a couple pose for a portrait in Agadez, northern Niger.
In Egypt on the same day, the desert is a fitting backdrop for a shared moment of spiritual contemplation.
And on Tuesday, marathon runners pass a memento mori in Morocco’s Saharan expanse.
