Africa's week in pictures: 26 April - 2 May 2024 - BBC News

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

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Image source, JORIS BOLOMEY/AFPImage caption, Women stand side-by-side wearing the colours of Chad's national flag, as they wait to see the interim President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno at a campaign event on Friday.Image source, YASSINE GAIDI/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Tunisia's ancient Roman Amphitheatre of El Djem is the setting for gladiator re-enactments on Sunday.Image source, OUPA BOPAPE/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Reality TV star Yolanda Mukondi walks the red carpet at South Africa's Metro FM Music Awards on Saturday.Image source, TOLGA AKMEN/EPAImage caption, On Wednesday in London, Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o poses with Schnitzel the cat at a press day for her latest film.Image source, KIM LUDBROOK/EPAImage caption, A taxidermist prepares a cast for an antelope display at the HuntFX exhibition in South Africa on Friday.Image source, FRANCOIS NEL/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Uganda cricket teammates Ritah Musamali and Stephanie Nampiina celebrate taking a wicket at Wednesday's ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.Image source, OSCAR DEL POZO/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, French-Cameroonian football hero Kylian Mbappé is honoured with this mural in the Spanish capital Madrid.Image source, FADEL SENNA/AFPImage caption, A man checks out the latest RS Berkhane football shirts on Friday. They were confiscated from the Moroccan side's players at a continent-wide semi-final because they show a red map which annexes the disputed territory of Western Sahara.Image source, NACER TALEL/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, On the same day, Kevin Murphy of Al Ahly Ly takes aim during a match against the City Oilers in the Basketball Africa League.Image source, TIKSA NEGERI/REUTERSImage caption, The next day is Palm Sunday for Orthodox Christians...Image source, KHALED DESOUKI/AFPImage caption, At this service in Cairo's famous Cave Church, priests douse holy water on Egyptian and Ethiopian worshippers...Image source, KHALED DESOUKI/AFPImage caption, Who wait below for the blessing.Image source, FADEL SENNA/AFPImage caption, US jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn performs for international jazz day in Morocco on Tuesday.Image source, DANIEL IRUNGU/EPAImage caption, On Tuesday, stunned survivors look at the deadly chaos wrought by flooding in Kenya's Rift Valley. The El Nino effect is said to have played a role, as well as human-induced climate change. Close to 200 people are known to have died and an evacuation order has been given for large parts of the country.Image source, MAHMOUD ELKHWAS/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, And the day before, hopeful birds circle fishermen as they bring in their catch off Egypt's Mediterranean coast.Images subject to copyright

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