Africa's week in pictures: 16-22 August 2024

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Miss Universe Kenya contestants put together backstage in Nairobi on Friday…

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They’re cheered on enthusiastically by the viewers.

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On the identical day, fashions showcase garments from Nigerian-born clothier Adebayo Oke-Lawal on the V&A museum within the UK.

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Malian basketballer Maimouna Haidara sports activities multi-coloured hair at a match in opposition to Venezuela in Mexico. The West Africans went on to win 88-66.

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A person crafts ornamental Khayamiya textiles at a coated market in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday.

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Forty-two-year-old retired circus elephant, Charlie, is transferred to a recreation reserve in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Wednesday.

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A buyer thanks a robotic for serving her meals on the Robotic Cafe in Nairobi on Thursday.

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Dricus Du Plessis of South Africa and Israel Adesanya of Nigeria embrace after slugging it out at their UFC middleweight championship combat on Sunday, gained by Du Plessis.

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Individuals wave flags in Gabon’s capital, Libreville, throughout Saturday’s Independence Day parade.

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Christians carry an effigy of the Virgin Mary through the Madonna of Trapani competition on Friday in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis.

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Followers in Goma get puffed up earlier than a Fally Ipupa live performance on Friday. The Congolese singer ended up cancelling a string of his reveals – refunds have been promised however many ticket-buyers complain they haven’t bought their a reimbursement but.

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Kenyan rap duo Wadagliz pose for the digital camera throughout an interview in Nairobi. Their hit track Anguka Nayo – that means “Roll With It” – has develop into a soundtrack to latest youth-led anti-government rallies.

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In Johannesburg on Saturday, South African actress Abigail Kubeka is honoured at an occasion marking her 67-year profession and contribution to the humanities.

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Individuals within the flooded capital of Chad, N’Djamena, use a ship to get round on Wednesday. Greater than 16,000 houses have been broken and destroyed since mid-July.

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Burundian journalist and authorities critic Floriane Irangabiye thanks her authorized staff who had pleaded with the president to free her from jail, which he lastly did on Friday, granting her an official pardon.

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On Sunday, in japanese Democratic Republic of Congo, Justine Munguiko holds her youngster who has been cured of mpox. This virus is “not the brand new Covid” as a result of authorities clearly know easy methods to management its unfold, a number one World Well being Group skilled has stated.

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On Wednesday, meals help is lastly permitted to enter Sudan’s Darfur area for the primary time in six months. The breakthrough got here following worldwide strain to avert full-scale famine. Greater than half of the nationwide inhabitants want help, the UN estimates.

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Malawi’s principal opposition DPP gathers on Sunday for a celebration convention the place ex-President Peter Mutharika was formally chosen to face in subsequent yr’s presidential election.

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Fisheries engineer Ramla Bouhlel handles a Posidonia plant in Tunisia’s coastal metropolis of Monastir on Friday. In accordance with the World Vast Fund for Nature (WFF), the sort of seagrass “creates important residing habitats for 1000’s of marine species”.