Africa's week in pictures: 29 March - 4 April 2024 - BBC News

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

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

Image source, CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, A woman looks out of the window in Touba, Senegal, on Sunday...Image source, CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, The holy city is hosting pilgrims who belong to the Baye Fall Muslim group, known for their patchwork clothes.Image source, FANNY NOARO-KABRE/AFPImage caption, A man sports a mask representing the antelope during Festimasq, the festival of masks, in central Burkina Faso.Image source, MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERSImage caption, Akinrodoye Samuel leaps into a river in the Nigerian city of Lagos, where he is swimming to raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention.Image source, PHILL MAGAKOE/AFPImage caption, On Tuesday in Johannesburg, fans carry photos and memorabilia as they queue to meet South African star of the moment Tyla...Image source, PHILL MAGAKOE/AFPImage caption, Some were lucky enough to get selfies with the Grammy-winning singer.Image source, TONY KARUMBA/AFPImage caption, People arrive by minibus to watch the World Rally Championship Safari Rally in Kenya on Sunday.Image source, KHALED ELFIQ/EPAImage caption, Women make kahk, a type of Egyptian butter biscuit, in the town of Tana on Tuesday.Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSImage caption, Brightly painted beach huts line this part of the coast in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday.Image source, JOHN WESSELS/AFPImage caption, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is sworn in on Tuesday - becoming Senegal's youngest president and the first to be polygamous. It means Senegal has two first ladies - Marie Khone Faye (L) and Absa Faye (R).Image source, MONICAH MWANGI/REUTERSImage caption, Young worshippers join an Easter vigil on Saturday at St Joanes in Kenya's capital, Nairobi...Image source, MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERSImage caption, The day before, on Good Friday, a Catholic theatre group in Lagos performs the Passion of Jesus - complete with Roman centurions...Image source, ABUBAKER LUBOWA/RETUERSImage caption, While in Uganda, this woman attends a Good Friday procession in the capital, Kampala.Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSImage caption, And people living in Heideveld, an area of Cape Town, sit down to a meal together on Saturday.Images subject to copyright

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