Africa's week in pictures: 19-25 January 2024 - BBC News

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

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Image source, OUSMANE MAKAVELI/AFPImage caption, Dogon men perform the Ogobagna Masked Dance in Mali's capital, Bamako, on Monday.Image source, SIA KAMBOU/AFPImage caption, Fans pack the Laurent Pokou Stadium in Ivory Coast on Sunday to watch Morocco take on the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the African Cup of Nations...Image source, FRANCK FIFE/AFPImage caption, The next day Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau in the group stages to progress to the final 16...Image source, KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFPImage caption, This year's tournament is gearing up to be one of the most exciting and unpredictable in recent memory.Image source, DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFPImage caption, Ancient Egypt's wonders are reproduced in this light show in Paris, France, on Thursday.Image source, MAHMOUD ELKHWAS/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Meanwhile workers manufacture mannequins in northern Egypt on Saturday.Image source, DANIEL IRUNGU/EPAImage caption, Paintings are on display at Buganda Road craft market in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday.Image source, TIKSA NEGERI/REUTERSImage caption, Worshippers wait to join a Timket ceremony in Ethiopia on Saturday...Image source, MICHELE SPATARI/AFPImage caption, The Orthodox Christian festival marks the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river.Image source, MATTHEW LEWIS/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Children in South Africa watch Zimbabwe take on Sri Lanka in the Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup.Image source, ADEK BERRY/AFPImage caption, Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives a guard of honour in Indonesia while visiting President Joko Widodo on Thursday.Image source, ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFPImage caption, On the same day in Luanda, a changing of the guard takes place outside a meeting between Angolan President João Lourenço and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.Image source, LUIS TATO/AFPImage caption, And on Tuesday in Uganda, Brass for Africa rehearse ahead of a performance in the capital, Kampala.Images subject to copyright

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