Africa's week in pictures: 29 December 2023-4 January 2024 - BBC News

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

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Image source, Rogan Ward/ReutersImage caption, Women dress up on Friday, as the year comes to a close, for a song and dance festival in South Africa's remote area of Msinga...Image source, Rogan Ward/ReutersImage caption, The event aims to promote harmony among villagers and good behaviour among young people.Image source, Tiksa Negeri/ReutersImage caption, During New Year's Eve celebrations at Meskel Square in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday, these revellers take a selfie.Image source, Temilade Adelaja/ReutersImage caption, The day before, a woman plays with her baby amid festive lights in Nigeria's main city Lagos.Image source, Monicah Mwangi/ReutersImage caption, This child is finding it difficult to stay up during a New Year's prayer service at a church in the Kibera district of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Monday.Image source, Esa Alexander/ReutersImage caption, The next day, in the South African city of Cape Town, someone has their face painted for the Cape Minstrel Carnival, which marks Tweede Nuwe Jaar, Afrikaans for Second New Year...Image source, Halden Krog/EPAImage caption, Minstrels parade through the city's streets - a 300-year-old tradition that was started when slaves were given the day off work on 2 January and is still celebrated each year.Image source, Ihsaan Haffejee/Getty ImagesImage caption, On the same day in the Mabopane township in South Africa's economic heartland of Gauteng, people take part in a parade in honour of African soldiers who fought in World War One.Image source, Fredrik Lerneryd/Getty ImagesImage caption, Sporting events also take centre stage over the New Year. On Monday, crowds chant and dance at a bullfighting tournament in Malinya stadium near Kakamega in western Kenya.Image source, Camille Laffont/AFPImage caption, In the Niger city of Agadez on Sunday, two men fight in a wrestling competition held annually for the past 44 years.Image source, Justin Makangara/ReutersImage caption, This man's mind is on politics on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, as he celebrates the victory of President Félix Tshisekedi in elections rejected by the opposition as a sham.Image source, Feisal Omar/ReutersImage caption, While politics is far from this man's thoughts as he dives into the ocean in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Friday.Image source, Feisal Omar/ReutersImage caption, But it is back on the agenda on Tuesday when Somali MPs applaud the president in parliament after he denounced a deal that Ethiopia has struck with the breakaway state of Somaliland to gain access to a port.Images subject to copyright

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