Africa’s week in pictures: 8-14 March 2024

16/03/2024

A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond:

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Children take turns on a trampoline in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.

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The day before in Ghana, members of Algeria’s delegation wait on the sidelines for the African Games opening ceremony.

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Also on Friday, this boy has fun with chrysanthemums during the harvest in northern Egypt.

AFP People throw Chad's national flag in the air in celebration.

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Supporters of Chad’s Prime Minister, Succès Masra, fling flags into the air at a rally for his newly announced presidential bid.

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Members of Fire Tabernacle Prophetic Ministry’s choir sing for South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday.

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Barbie Kyagulanyi and her husband Robert – better known as Bobi Wine – walk the Oscars red carpet on Sunday. He features in a film that was nominated in the documentary category.

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Later that day, Lupita Nyong’o presented fan favourite Da’Vine Joy Randolph with the award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Ghanaian-American singer Amaarae, best known for her song Sad Girlz Luv Money, performs in Germany the previous day.

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Also on Saturday, Liberia’s former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is honoured with a Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award, in the United Arab Emirates.

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Miss Tanzania Halima Kopwe competes at the Miss World contest, also on Saturday.

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Ramadan preparations are under way in Senegal on Sunday…

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The Muslim holy month officially begins with the sighting of a crescent moon – as seen here in Cape Town on Monday.

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Kunafa – made from shredded pastry – is a popular Ramadan snack in Egypt.

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On Sunday in the French city of Tolouse, Cameroon’s entries in the Chocolatine World Cup await crispy completion in the oven.

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Cucumbers and fresh produce line this market in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday.

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On the same day, this mountain gorilla enjoys a moment of peace and quiet in one of Uganda’s national parks.

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Passengers travel by minibus on the outskirts of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, the day before.

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Also in Dakar this T-shirt shows jailed opposition figurehead Ousmane Sonko and the man he picked to replace him as leader, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who has himself been detained, ahead of next week’s election.

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On Monday in Senegal’s capital city, the country’s first female presidential candidate – Anta Babacar Ngom – greets supporters.

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Shoemaker Ifunanya Ifwobu crafts loafers for her clients at her Lagos workshop on Friday.

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Cameroon’s Francis Ngannou blocks a blow from boxer Anthony Joshua at Saturday’s fight in Saudi Arabia, which was comfortably won by the British heavyweight.

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Members of the Africa Roho Msalaba church in Nairobi, Kenya, perform a ritual they call “throwing babies in the air”. Infants in this religious community are not to be seen by strangers until they are two years old – then they are paraded publicly and thrown skyward in celebration.

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Tobacco marketing season has begun in Zimbabwe, where this man samples the produce on Wednesday.

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And on Saturday in Durban, South Africa, a surfer leaps into the ocean at sunrise.

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