Africa’s week in pictures: 26 May-1 June 2023
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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:
![A woman holding a surfboard jumps off a pier in Durban, South Africa - Sunday 28 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16A5D/production/_129956729_d7ae6ab3-48d6-4700-b5f9-d949fe531d33.jpg)
As the sun rises on South Africa’s eastern coast on Sunday, a surfer jumps into the ocean.
![Fatoumata Guinea Kaba in a voluminous white dress poses on a red carpet in Cannes, France - Friday 26 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11279/production/_129956207_39040e87-05d7-41e2-b700-f874d0fbcf72.jpg)
French-Guinean actress and influencer Fatoumata Guinea Kaba takes to the red carpet at France’s Cannes Film Festival on Friday…
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![Somali-American model Halima Aden waving at the World Influencers and Bloggers Awards in Cannes, France - Friday 26 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/CE1D/production/_129956725_gettyimages-1493565791_976.jpg)
Also in Cannes that day is Somali-American model Halima Aden, who received the women empowerment gong at the World Influencers and Bloggers Awards (Wiba).
![A man stands between two paintings in a gallery (on the left is a painting of woman; on the right is a painting of a man, woman and child) in Tunis, Tunisia - Saturday 27 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11C3D/production/_129956727_16bc3cb3-2606-4f9a-a888-8712393af9fc.jpg)
On Saturday, a visitor looks at works by Mohamed Ben Methaf during the Carthage Contemporary Art Days Festival in Tunisia’s capital.
![Israelis of Ethiopian descent hold up pictures of their relatives during a protest calling on the Israeli government to stop a freeze on Jewish Ethiopian immigration to Israel, outside the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel - Sunday 28 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0109/production/_129956200_hi085019924.jpg)
The next day, Israelis of Ethiopian descent hold up pictures of their relatives during a protest in Jerusalem calling on the government to stop a freeze on Ethiopian Jews emigrating to Israel.
![A woman wears a dress, hat and necklace in colours of the Inclusive Alliance Platform party in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau - Monday 29 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/F52D/production/_129956726_a152fee0-9739-4a8b-9ef5-f18490c31857.jpg)
In Guinea-Bissau, supporters of Domingos Simões Pereira and his Inclusive Alliance Platform rally on Monday in the capital, ahead of elections on 4 June.
![Egyptian drummers in uniform stand in a line and play at a festival in Cairo, Egypt - Saturday 27 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0EB5/production/_129956730_146c220a-6525-4b40-aa8c-fab937587eed.jpg)
On Saturday, an Egyptian band performs at the International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts in the capital, Cairo.
![A smiling woman wears false eyelashes and the colours of the Senegalese flag in face paint at an Under-20 World Cup football match against Colombia in La Plata, Argentina - Saturday 27 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/BE19/production/_129956684_c7f2cb55-5cfd-46c8-b083-418cfa8f5ddf.jpg)
On the same day, a football fan cheers on Senegal against Colombia in the Under-20 World Cup in the Argentinian city of La Plata. The matched ended in a draw.
![A woman looks at an official booklet showing the face of Bola Tinubu at his inauguration ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria - Monday 29 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/5CD5/production/_129956732_8cf43e5d-012b-418e-8795-0ecea828bddb.jpg)
Bola Tinubu is sworn in as president of Africa’s largest democracy at a ceremony in Abuja on Monday, promising to tackle Nigeria’s rampant insecurity and bring in economic reforms.
![A man throws stones near burning objects during clashes between security forces and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in Dakar, Senegal - Monday 29 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/12151/production/_129956047_hi085062578.jpg)
Clashes erupt in Senegal’s capital on the same day between police and supporters of Ousmane Sonko. Later in the week the opposition leader was sentenced to two years in jail.
![Models process down the catwalk in creations by Moroccan designer Fadila El Gadi in Rabat, Morocco - Tuesday 30 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/61E9/production/_129956052_hi085081448.jpg)
The Rabat African Capital of Culture fashion show comes to a close on Tuesday with these designs by Morocco’s Fadila El Gadi.
![Children run on a beach while a boat sails off the coast of French territory Mayotte, near Kani Keli - Saturday 27 May 2023](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1434D/production/_129956728_6f4a0302-d542-4f7e-8427-1fc4cbb29363.jpg)
And the sun sets on Saturday over the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has begun an operation to deport migrants, many of whom come from nearby Comoros.