Africa's week in pictures: 23-29 February 2024 - BBC News

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

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Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSImage caption, Joggers and a huge cruise ship, The World, are seen from Cape Town's Sea Point Promenade in South Africa on Wednesday.Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSImage caption, In the same city on Saturday, people watch the lion dance during the Lunar Year of the Dragon festivities.Image source, ROGAN WARD/REUTERSImage caption, While across South Africa, in Durban, these girls don traditional beaded styles at the governing ANC's manifesto launch.Image source, NADJA WOHLLEBEN/AFPImage caption, Also on Saturday, French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop poses with Berlinale Jury President Lupita Nyong'o after winning the Best Film award for her feature Dahomey.Image source, BENSON IBEABUCHI/AFPImage caption, Iwájú star Simisola Gbadamosi arrives by customised transport for the animated Disney series' world premiere in Lagos, Nigeria, on Tuesday.Image source, JOHN WESSELS/AFPImage caption, On the same day, a delegate arrives at national talks in Senegal that were called by beleaguered President Macky Sall.Image source, CHRISTIAN VIERIG/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Nigerian singer-songwriter Mr Eazi and wife Temi Otedola pose for the cameras during Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday...Image source, TERESA SUAREZ/EPAImage caption, Inside the venue, French-Moroccan designer Charaf Tajer presents the latest designs for his brand, Casablanca.Image source, GIUSEPPE LAMI/EPAImage caption, On Wednesday, Pope Francis is gifted a staff in the colours of the Ugandan flag in the Vatican.Image source, BADRU KATUMBA/AFPImage caption, Members of Uganda's Soft Ground Wrestling group carry each other during a training session on Wednesday. Their antics are gaining a big internet following.Image source, KHALED ELFIQI/EPAImage caption, An Egyptian craftsman makes Ramadan lanterns, known as Fanous, in Cairo on Tuesday.Image source, NEXT24ONLINE/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Cameroon's women take on Nigeria at an Olympic football qualifier in Abuja on Monday and this player is showing her colours.Image source, ABRAHAM ACHIRGA/REUTERSImage caption, The next day, thousands protest over cripplingly high living costs in Nigeria and demand an end to existing World Bank and IMF policies.Image source, MOHAMED MESSARA/EPAImage caption, Supporters of Tunisia's Republican Party demand the release of all the political prisoners detained a year ago by President Kaïs Saïed.Image source, MICHAEL PETRUS/AFPImage caption, And on Sunday near Windhoek, Namibian Air Force pilots perform a flypast in honour of the late President Hage Geingob who died earlier this month during treatment for cancer.Images subject to copyright

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