Fire breathers and snowmen: Africa’s week in pictures
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent:
Image source, Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA
A fire breather wows people at an arts festival on Monday in the Oworonshoki district of Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos.
Image source, Jalal Morchidi / EPA
A bride and groom get ready for their wedding in the High Atlas Mountains as Morocco’s Amazigh people celebrate “engagement season” on Saturday.
Image source, Ben Ibrahim / Getty
Tunisians turn out in large numbers in the capital, Tunis, on Sunday to protest against a proposed amendment to the electoral law that aims to end the administrative court’s ability to rule on election disputes.
Image source, Francis Kokoroko / Reuters
Image source, Zohra Bensemra / Reuters
Men use any vantage point on Wednesday to watch a fiercely fought local football match between two teams from Toubab Dialaw, near Senegal’s capital, Dakar.
Image source, Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
It’s eyes down on Sunday for the first day of Egypt’s academic year at Orman school in the capital, Cairo…
Image source, Billel Bensalem / AFP
…on the same day schools open in Algeria with a clown trying his best to put pupils at their ease in a classroom in the capital, Algiers.
Image source, Rajesh Jantilal / AFP
An Isicathamiya group, which sings in the traditional Zulu acapella style, takes part in Saturday’s annual festival that celebrates the music in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban.
Image source, Glody Murhabazi / AFP
A drummer plays along at an impromptu church service on the streets of Kamituga, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday.
Image source, Gerald Anderson / Getty Images
Friday sees people across the continent take part in World Cleanup Day, including in the Kenyan city of Nakuru, where volunteers are helping rid the streets of rubbish.
Image source, Alfredo Zuniga / AFP
A military band leader stands out among the camouflaged soldiers as Mozambique marks Wednesday’s armed forces day.
Image source, Monicah Mwangi / Reuters
Image source, Wikus de Wet / AFP
Heavy snowfall in South Africa’s Free State province causes disruption and excitement on Saturday with some taking advantage of the weather to build a rare snowman.
Image source, Olympia de Maismont / AFP
A drone above Lagos’s Obalende bus terminus captures the scene as the vehicles wait for the passengers to board on Tuesday.
From the BBC in Africa this week:
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