Africa’s week in pictures: 29 March – 4 April 2024
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A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond:
A woman looks out of the window in Touba, Senegal, on Sunday…
The holy city is hosting pilgrims who belong to the Baye Fall Muslim group, known for their patchwork clothes.
A man sports a mask representing the antelope during Festimasq, the festival of masks, in central Burkina Faso.
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.
On Tuesday in Johannesburg, fans carry photos and memorabilia as they queue to meet South African star of the moment Tyla…
Some were lucky enough to get selfies with the Grammy-winning singer.
People arrive by minibus to watch the World Rally Championship Safari Rally in Kenya on Sunday.
Women make kahk, a type of Egyptian butter biscuit, in the town of Tana on Tuesday.
Brightly painted beach huts line this part of the coast in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday.
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).
Young worshippers join an Easter vigil on Saturday at St Joanes in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi…
The day before, on Good Friday, a Catholic theatre group in Lagos performs the Passion of Jesus – complete with Roman centurions…
While in Uganda, this woman attends a Good Friday procession in the capital, Kampala.
And people living in Heideveld, an area of Cape Town, sit down to a meal together on Saturday.
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