Africa's week in pictures: 1-7 November 2024


A collection of the date’s very best pictures from around the African continent and past:

Chris Jackson / Getty Images A female performer smiles in a pink and blue headdress - with pink sequins around her eyes and pink lipstick poses at a carnival in Cape Town ahead of the 2024 Earthshot Prize - Wednesday 6 November 2024Chris Jackson / Getty Photographs

Carnival-goers don fat and dazzling costumes in Cape The city on Wednesday…

Chris Jackson / Getty Images Carnival performers in traditional multi-coloured South African costumes and hats smile. They are also have a stripe of red face paint over their eyes and white markings painted on their cheeks, forehead and chin - Cape Town, South Africa - Wednesday 6 November 2024Chris Jackson / Getty Photographs

The South African town is house to more than one parades each and every while.

Jermone Favre / EPA Climate activist and organiser of the 4th Women's March for Climate, Khady Camara (L), dressed in purple addresses participants in Dakar, Senegal - Saturday 2 November 2024Jermone Favre / EPA

Situation activist Khady Camara leads a girls’s march in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday forward of the COP29 top in Azerbaijan. Certainly one of their banners reads: “Soum district has had no clean drinking water since 2015.”

Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters A woman in a stripped shirt with a towel over her shoulder shouts and holds up empty tear gas cannisters at a protest in Maputo. Behind her is the Mozambican flag - Thursday 7 November 2024Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters

On Thursday, this lady voices her outrage and holds up tear-gas canisters fired via safety forces at protesters in Mozambique. Election eyewitnesses say they discovered proof of vote-tampering right through October’s basic election, and opposition demonstrations proceed.

Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP Men sit on the floor covered with mats around a dish placed on a silver platter. They are sharing the food, eating with their hands, in Omdurman, Sudan - Friday 1 November 2024Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP

Males consume later Friday prayers at a mosque ridden with bullet holes within the Sudanese town of Omdurman…

Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP A bearded army soldier, viewed from behind, scans the frontline with binoculars through a broken window in Khartoum, Sudan - Sunday 3 November 2024Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP

Days next around the River Nile in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, a military soldier seems for RSF paramilitaries. Either side within the civil warfare are accused via rights teams of committing atrocities towards civilians.

Laura Morosol / AFP Change Alliance supporters in mainly red, purple T-shirt hold flags as they gather to attend a campaign rally - bunting in the party colours - purple, yellow, red and blue - can also be seen in Port Louis, Mauritius - Sunday 3 November 2024Laura Morosol / AFP

Supporters of Mauritius’ opposition Alternate Alliance tied a election rally within the capital, Port Louis, on Sunday.

Teresa Suarez / EPA People walk past 10 framed photographs of different braided hairstyles hung on a wall painted maroon during the Paris Photo fair at the Grand Palais in Paris, France - Wednesday 6 November 2024Teresa Suarez / EPA

A photograph order of intricate braiding and threading types shot via Nigeria’s JD Okhai Ojeikere is on show in Paris, France, on Wednesday.

Anthony Kwan / Getty Images Whitney Peak, with long curly hair and wearing a grey jean jacket with a Chanel logo broach pinned to it, waves - Tuesday 5 November 2024Anthony Kwan / Getty Photographs

Ugandan-Canadian fashion and actress Whitney Top attends a manner display in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

Mohamed Hossam / EPA Several female models with long hair tied back on a podium - one with a robe with lots of old ties attached to it in Cairo, Egypt - Tuesday 5 November 2024Mohamed Hossam / EPA

At the identical life in Egypt, fashions recreation garments produced from recycled fabrics on the International City Discussion board within the capital, Cairo.

Legnan Koula / EPA A woman is seen throw the cross of gravestone as she bows her head and clasps her hands in Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Friday 1 November 2024Legnan Koula / EPA

Friday is All Saint’s Pace, and a age for worship and mirrored image for this lady visiting a cemetery in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Amos Gumulira / AFP A group of female refugees perform on stage, holding up material that matches their skirts as part of a traditional cultural dance at the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa, Malawi - Saturday 2 November 2024Amos Gumulira / AFP

Girls who’re refugees residing in central Malawi dance on the Tumaini Competition on Saturday…

Amos Gumulira / AFP A woman in a black top with bright pink short hair sings into a microphone during the Tumaini Festival at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa, Dowa, Malawi - Saturday 2 November 2024Amos Gumulira / AFP

Malawian musician Jetu, 72, additionally carried out on the match – which is billed as the arena’s simplest tune competition at a refugee camp.

Julien de Rosa / AFP Laureate of the Prix Goncourt literary prize, Algerian writer Kamel Daoud waves from a window of Drouant Restaurant Paris, holding up his book. A street sign for Rue Gaillon can be seen on the wall to the left of the window - Monday 4 November 2024 Julien de Rosa / AFP
Julien de Rosa / AFP Rwandan-French writer and singer Gael Faye, whose image is also reflected in a mirror, poses with his book Jacaranda in Paris, France - Monday 4 November 2024Julien de Rosa / AFP

On the identical awards rite, France’s Prix Renaudot going to Gael Faye for his unedited album Jacaranda. Faye was once born and raised in Burundi via a Rwandan mom and French father.

Yamak Perea / Getty Images Chidimma Adetshina attends the Miss Universe Catrinas Gala wearing a sequined pink dress and a Nigeria sash - Friday 1 November 2024Yamak Perea / Getty Photographs

Leave out Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina wears a floral headdress on the the Leave out Universe Catrinas Gala in Mexico on Friday.

Nic Bothma / Reuters A protester with dreads, a beard and wearing orange lensed sunglasses shouts at Kalk Bay Harbour in Cape Town, South Africa - Thursday 7 November 2024 Nic Bothma / Reuters
Cem Ozdel / Getty Images Hands touching the beak of a pelican, which has a red eye, in Saint Louis, Senegal - Saturday 2 NovemberCem Ozdel / Getty Photographs

A pelican which has change into a neighborhood superstar in Senegal’s town of Saint Louis is pictured on Saturday out of doors a retired fisherman’s space, the place he has lived for the endmost 5 years.

Rodger Bosch / AFP A group of African penguins rest or walk on a beach with boulders in Simon's Town, South Africa - Friday 1 November 2024Rodger Bosch / AFP

And in Cape The city on Friday, endangered African penguins remainder on a seashore.

From the BBC in Africa this date:

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