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:

EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP A child jumps on a trampoline as others wait their turn, in Alexandra, near Johannesburg.EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP
Children take turns on a trampoline in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.
NIPAH DENNIS/AFP People in Algeria kit sit on the sidelines next to a large mural.NIPAH DENNIS/AFP
The day before in Ghana, members of Algeria’s delegation wait on the sidelines for the African Games opening ceremony.
MOHAMED ELSHAHED/GETTY IMAGES A child poses flowers in a field.MOHAMED ELSHAHED/GETTY IMAGES
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.AFP
Supporters of Chad’s Prime Minister, Succès Masra, fling flags into the air at a rally for his newly announced presidential bid.
PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP People sing in front of a bright mural and the South African national flag.PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP
Members of Fire Tabernacle Prophetic Ministry’s choir sing for South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday.
ALIAH ANDERSON/GETTY IMAGES Bobi Wine and Barbie Kyagulanyi smile and embrace.ALIAH ANDERSON/GETTY IMAGES
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.
PATRICK T FALLON/AFP Da'Vine Joy Randolph (R) and Lupita Nyong'o (C).PATRICK T FALLON/AFP
Later that day, Lupita Nyong’o presented fan favourite Da’Vine Joy Randolph with the award for Best Supporting Actress.
FRANK HOENSCH/GETTY IMAGES Amaarae performs in Berlin, Germany.FRANK HOENSCH/GETTY IMAGES
Ghanaian-American singer Amaarae, best known for her song Sad Girlz Luv Money, performs in Germany the previous day.
CHRISTOPHER PIKE/GETTY IMAGES Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (R) receives the award from chair of the 30/50 Summit Mika Brzezinski.CHRISTOPHER PIKE/GETTY IMAGES
Also on Saturday, Liberia’s former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is honoured with a Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award, in the United Arab Emirates.
DIVYAKANT SOLANKI/EPA Tanzania's Halima Kopwe on stage in a green dress.DIVYAKANT SOLANKI/EPA
Miss Tanzania Halima Kopwe competes at the Miss World contest, also on Saturday.
JOHN WESSELS/AFP A man carries a barrier at the Massalikoul Djinane Mosque in Dakar.JOHN WESSELS/AFP
Ramadan preparations are under way in Senegal on Sunday…
ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS Muslims look at the crescent moon.ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
The Muslim holy month officially begins with the sighting of a crescent moon – as seen here in Cape Town on Monday.
SAYED HASSAN/GETTY IMAGES A man makes kunafa on 9 March.SAYED HASSAN/GETTY IMAGES
Kunafa – made from shredded pastry – is a popular Ramadan snack in Egypt.
ED JONES/AFP A row of unbaked "pain au chocolat" - which are called "chocolatine" in parts of France.ED JONES/AFP
On Sunday in the French city of Tolouse, Cameroon’s entries in the Chocolatine World Cup await crispy completion in the oven.
FEISAL OMAR/REUTERS A trader waits for customers at an open-air grocery market.FEISAL OMAR/REUTERS
Cucumbers and fresh produce line this market in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday.
MEHMET EMIN YOGURTCUOGLU/getty A family of mountain gorillas protect each other - allowing some to rest.MEHMET EMIN YOGURTCUOGLU/getty
On the same day, this mountain gorilla enjoys a moment of peace and quiet in one of Uganda’s national parks.
ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERS A woman sits in a brightly painted bus.ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERS
Passengers travel by minibus on the outskirts of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, the day before.
ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERS An opposition supporter wears a T-shirt showing political figures on 12 March.ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERS
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.
CARMEN ABD ALI/AFP Presidential candidate and founder of the Alternative pour la relève citoyenne (ARC) party, Anta Babacar Ngom, greets supporters in the Hann Mariste district of Dakar.CARMEN ABD ALI/AFP
On Monday in Senegal’s capital city, the country’s first female presidential candidate – Anta Babacar Ngom – greets supporters.
MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYE/REUTERS Shoes made by Ifunanya Ifwobu for a client lay on a table at her workshop.MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYE/REUTERS
Shoemaker Ifunanya Ifwobu crafts loafers for her clients at her Lagos workshop on Friday.
FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP British boxer Anthony Joshua (L) competes with Cameroonian boxer Francis Ngannou.FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP
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.
EDWIN NDEKE/GETTY IMAGES A man cradles a baby. Other people stand around in a circle.EDWIN NDEKE/GETTY IMAGES
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.
PHILIMON BULAWAYO/REUTERS A man smokes tobacco at the opening of the marketing season at the Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare.PHILIMON BULAWAYO/REUTERS
Tobacco marketing season has begun in Zimbabwe, where this man samples the produce on Wednesday.
KIM LUDBROOK/EPA A surfer jumps off the pier in the early morning as the sun rises above North Beach Pier in Durban.KIM LUDBROOK/EPA
And on Saturday in Durban, South Africa, a surfer leaps into the ocean at sunrise.
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