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Africa’s week in pictures: 22-28 November 2024

Last updated: November 29, 2024 7:35 am

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A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:

Colour Festival kicks off in Nairobi on Saturday…

Gerald Anderson / Getty Images Crowds of dancing people are covered in multicoloured powder. — Colour Festival kicks off in Nairobi on Saturday…

The event in the Kenyan capital attracts young revellers…

Gerald Anderson / Getty Images Crowds of smiling people are covered in multicoloured powder. — The event in the Kenyan capital attracts young revellers…

Who joyously throw powder pigments in the air and dance to music.

Gerald Anderson / Getty Images Crowds of smiling people are covered in multicoloured powder. — Who joyously throw powder pigments in the air and dance to music.

A clownfish nestles among anemones in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt on Friday…

Sebnem Coskun / Getty Images A clownfish hides among white anemones. — A clownfish nestles among anemones in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt on Friday…

While on Wednesday in the same body of water, Turkish divers find cars, clothes and toys as they explore a ferry that sank on its way from Saudi Arabia to Egypt in 1991.

Mahmut Serdar Alakus / Getty Images A diver shines a flashlight under water at a wreck. — While on Wednesday in the same body of water, Turkish divers find cars, clothes and toys as they explore a ferry that sank on its way from Saudi Arabia to Egypt in 1991.

Simon Maina / AFP Voters queue at a polling station at the Sam Nujoma stadium in Windhoek.

This man sits on a wall in his home village of Ait Benhaddou in Morocco, which is renowned for it earthen clay architecture.

AFP A man wearing turban sits at a rooftop cafe. — This man sits on a wall in his home village of Ait Benhaddou in Morocco, which is renowned for it earthen clay architecture.

A puppet show ushers in the Carthage Theatre Festival in Tunisia on Sunday.

Yassine Gaidi / Getty Images A man manipulates two puppets on strings. The puppets are holding a drum and a trumpet. — A puppet show ushers in the Carthage Theatre Festival in Tunisia on Sunday.

On Wednesday in Senegal, Dakar Carnival begins…

Cem Ozdel / Getty Images A man or woman walks on stilts. — On Wednesday in Senegal, Dakar Carnival begins…

It’s a show-stopping display of Serer, Fula and Mandinka cultures…

Cem Ozdel / Getty Images People in masks sway. — It’s a show-stopping display of Serer, Fula and Mandinka cultures…

With singers and all manner of performers on the bill.

Cem Ozdel / Getty Images A woman sits cross-legged on the ground and sings. — With singers and all manner of performers on the bill.

Abidjan Livestock Summit in Ivory Coast attracts visitors, young and old, on Friday.

Legnan Koula / EPA Young men pet a small horse or pony. — Abidjan Livestock Summit in Ivory Coast attracts visitors, young and old, on Friday.

In South Africa on Sunday, a procession of bikers take part in the Toy Run…

Brenton Geach / Getty Images People drive motorbikes in a convoy. Plush toys are fastened on to the bikes. — In South Africa on Sunday, a procession of bikers take part in the Toy Run…

The idea is that masses of cuddly toys will be donated afterwards to children in need.

Brenton Geach / Getty Images A man arranges a huge mass of plush toys on the back of a lorry. — The idea is that masses of cuddly toys will be donated afterwards to children in need.

A protester looks defiant as she is pushed into a police van in Uganda’s capital city on Monday. She was among those voicing their rage at the treatment of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, whose wife says he was unjustly abducted in Kenya then sent to a military jail.

Abubaker Lubowa / Reuters A woman flexes her arm at the door of a police van. — A protester looks defiant as she is pushed into a police van in Uganda’s capital city on Monday. She was among those voicing their rage at the treatment of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, whose wife says he was unjustly abducted in Kenya then sent to a military jail.

And on Sunday, teenagers sit their end-of-year exams in the Usli, northern Sudan.

AFP A teacher stands at the front of a classroom while invigilating an examination. — And on Sunday, teenagers sit their end-of-year exams in the Usli, northern Sudan.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

Getty Images/BBC A woman looking at her mobile phone and the graphic BBC News Africa

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