Africa’s week in pictures
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond:
IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERSThe annual paragliding festival in Kwahu-Atibie, Ghana, attracts onlookers on Friday…
IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERSAmong those taking part are Michael Kwakye and Stephen Asamoah, smiling and derigging here after landing safely.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFPOn Wednesday in Cairo an Egyptian dance troupe performs the Tanoura, which incorporates the Sufi technique of whirling.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFPOn Monday in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, the Area 10 Scout brass band plays on Lumley beach.
IMAGE SOURCE,MOSES SAWASAWAA year after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local artists’ workshop Kuliko Art stages a fashion show to raise funds for survivors living in this camp in Goma.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFPOn Easter Sunday, members of Sierra Leone’s Maroon Church attend a service in their 230-year-old chapel.
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGESOn the same day in Egypt, Coptic Christians celebrate Palm Sunday at St Simon’s Church…
IMAGE SOURCE,AFPThe structure, also know as the Cave Church, is carved into a hillside in the Mokattam district of Cairo.
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGESAlso in Cairo and a day earlier, Muslims break their Ramadan fast with a mass gathering along a 750-metre table.
IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERSOn Sunday in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, these worshippers attend a solemn church service.
IMAGE SOURCE,EPAWhile in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, a mock crucifixion on Good Friday sees a man attached to a cross…
IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERSAnd fake blood plus cleverly placed nails are used to mimic the stigmata on Jesus’ hands.
IMAGE SOURCE,EPAArt lovers take in this piece, The Concert, by Moroccan-French artist Latifa Echakhch at the Venice Biennale on Tuesday.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFPAnd on Friday volunteers clear debris from the beaches in Durban, South Africa, where the authorities have declared a state of disaster after deadly flooding that experts believe was amplified by climate change.
