Africa's week in pictures: 8-14 March 2024 - BBC News

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.

13 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingA selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:

Image source, EMMANUEL CROSET/AFPImage caption, Children take turns on a trampoline in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.Image source, NIPAH DENNIS/AFPImage caption, The day before in Ghana, members of Algeria's delegation wait on the sidelines for the African Games opening ceremony.Image source, MOHAMED ELSHAHED/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Also on Friday, this boy has fun with chrysanthemums during the harvest in northern Egypt.Image source, AFPImage caption, Supporters of Chad's Prime Minister, Succès Masra, fling flags into the air at a rally for his newly announced presidential bid.Image source, PHILL MAGAKOE/AFPImage caption, Members of Fire Tabernacle Prophetic Ministry's choir sing for South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday.Image source, ALIAH ANDERSON/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, 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.Image source, PATRICK T FALLON/AFPImage caption, Later that day, Lupita Nyong'o presented fan favourite Da'Vine Joy Randolph with the award for Best Supporting Actress.Image source, FRANK HOENSCH/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Ghanaian-American singer Amaarae, best known for her song Sad Girlz Luv Money, performs in Germany the previous day.Image source, CHRISTOPHER PIKE/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Also on Saturday, Liberia's former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is honoured with a Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award, in the United Arab Emirates.Image source, DIVYAKANT SOLANKI/EPAImage caption, Miss Tanzania Halima Kopwe competes at the Miss World contest, also on Saturday.Image source, JOHN WESSELS/AFPImage caption, Ramadan preparations are under way in Senegal on Sunday...Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSImage caption, The Muslim holy month officially begins with the sighting of a crescent moon - as seen here in Cape Town on Monday.Image source, SAYED HASSAN/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Kunafa - made from shredded pastry - is a popular Ramadan snack in Egypt.Image source, ED JONES/AFPImage caption, On Sunday in the French city of Tolouse, Cameroon's entries in the Chocolatine World Cup await crispy completion in the oven.Image source, FEISAL OMAR/REUTERSImage caption, Cucumbers and fresh produce line this market in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday.Image source, MEHMET EMIN YOGURTCUOGLU/gettyImage caption, On the same day, this mountain gorilla enjoys a moment of peace and quiet in one of Uganda's national parks.Image source, ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERSImage caption, Passengers travel by minibus on the outskirts of Senegal's capital, Dakar, the day before.Image source, ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERSImage caption, 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.Image source, CARMEN ABD ALI/AFPImage caption, On Monday in Senegal's capital city, the country's first female presidential candidate - Anta Babacar Ngom - greets supporters.Image source, MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYE/REUTERSImage caption, Shoemaker Ifunanya Ifwobu crafts loafers for her clients at her Lagos workshop on Friday.Image source, FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFPImage caption, 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.Image source, EDWIN NDEKE/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, 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.Image source, PHILIMON BULAWAYO/REUTERSImage caption, Tobacco marketing season has begun in Zimbabwe, where this man samples the produce on Wednesday.Image source, KIM LUDBROOK/EPAImage caption, And on Saturday in Durban, South Africa, a surfer leaps into the ocean at sunrise.Images subject to copyright

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