Africa's week in pictures: 1-7 March 2024 - BBC News

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

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

Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSImage caption, Hundreds walk through the streets of Cape Town to celebrate the annual pride parade, displaying all the colours of the rainbow on Saturday.Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSImage caption, One person sitting in a pink car watches as the crowds pass by.Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSImage caption, The day before, a man smokes in front of South Africa's parliament at the 9th annual Rastafari-led Adwa Victory Parade.Image source, KIM LUDBROOK/EPAImage caption, Sunday sees pilgrims in South Africa start their morning with a waterfall cleanse to get rid of evil spirits.Image source, FADEL SENNA/AFPImage caption, A tired dog lays on cracked, dry earth caused by the record winter temperature in Morocco, on Wednesday.Image source, ISAAC KASAMANI/EPAImage caption, On the same day, members of Uganda's Soft Ground Wrestling group practise in a makeshift ring.Image source, MONICAH MWANGI/REUTERSImage caption, Kenyan healthcare workers take to the streets of the capital Nairobi to protest against the government's failure to hire trainee doctors on Monday.Image source, KHALED ELFIQI/EPAImage caption, While in Egypt, preparations for Ramadan begin as two men hang up traditional lanterns.Image source, PHILIP REYNAERS/GETTY IMAGESImage caption, The next day, Queen Mathilde of Belgium travels on a boat to visit the coastal town of Grand-Lahou in the south of Ivory Coast.Image source, ISSOUF SANOGO/AFPImage caption, Days later, this street vendor roams the market selling vegetables, in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.Images subject to copyright

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