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Africa’s week in pictures: 3

January 16, 2025

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

EPA A man with blue, red and white face paint smiles broadly at Cape Town's Tweede Nuwe Jaar festival - Saturday 4 January 2025 — Revellers flood Cape Town’s streets on Saturday for Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year), a vibrant annual festival rooted in the South African city’s slave history…

Dressed as minstrels, people strum banjos and sing songs dating back to the 1800s…

EPA A group of five people wearing white and green suits participate in the Tweede Nuwe Jaar festival - Saturday 4 January 2025 — Dressed as minstrels, people strum banjos and sing songs dating back to the 1800s…

…bold dance moves are an important part of the festivities as well.

Esa Alexander / Reuters A man wearing a white, red, and blue costume with an elaborate headgear poses in a split position with his tongue sticking out at the Tweede Nuwe Jaar festival - Saturday 4 January 2025 — …bold dance moves are an important part of the festivities as well.

On Tuesday, John Mahama wields the state sword following his inauguration as Ghana’s new president in the capital, Accra.

Nipah Dennis / AFP Ghana's new President John Mahama holds the state sword at his inauguration in the capital Accra - Tuesday 7 January 2025. — On Tuesday, John Mahama wields the state sword following his inauguration as Ghana’s new president in the capital, Accra.

Early Thursday morning, tourists in Egypt board hot air balloons in the southern city of Luxor.

Khaled Desouki / AFP Multiple hot air balloons ascend into the sky in Egypt's southern city of Luxor - Thursday 9 January 2025. — Early Thursday morning, tourists in Egypt board hot air balloons in the southern city of Luxor.

The day before, in the same city, newly unearthed archaeological discoveries at Queen Hatshepsut’s valley temple go on display…

Khaled Desouki / AFP A picture shows a newly-unearthed carved relief during a media event to announce new discoveries by an Egyptian archaeological mission at Queen Hatshepsut's Valley Temple in Deir El-Bahari on the Nile's west bank in Luxor - Wednesday 8 January 2025. — The day before, in the same city, newly unearthed archaeological discoveries at Queen Hatshepsut’s valley temple go on display…

Over 1,000 decorated stone blocks were discovered.

Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images A picture shows a newly-unearthed stone blocks during a media event to announce new discoveries by an Egyptian archaeological mission at Queen Hatshepsut's Valley Temple in Deir El-Bahari on the Nile's west bank in Luxor - Wednesday 8 January 2025. — Over 1,000 decorated stone blocks were discovered.

A Kenyan man is detained by police during a demonstration on Monday in the capital, Nairobi, demanding the release of government critics abducted in the country.

Tony Karumba / AFP A Kenyan man is held by police officers in a vehicle for demanding the release of government critics abducted in the country - Monday 6 January 2025 — A Kenyan man is detained by police during a demonstration on Monday in the capital, Nairobi, demanding the release of government critics abducted in the country.

In Benin, a Kokou initiate – a devotee of the warrior god in traditional religion – is covered in red palm oil mixed with maize flour, while gin is drizzled over their head during a ceremony at the annual Vodun festival in Ouidah…

Marco Longari / AFP A man, standing, drizzles gin over a young person sitting on the floor, who is covered in red palm oil mixed with maize flour, giving it a golden hue at a ceremony at the at the annual Voodoo festival in Benin, Ouidah - Thursday 9 January 2025. — In Benin, a Kokou initiate – a devotee of the warrior god in traditional religion – is covered in red palm oil mixed with maize flour, while gin is drizzled over their head during a ceremony at the annual Vodun festival in Ouidah…

An Egungun, a visible manifestation of the spirit of departed ancestors, visits the community during the festival which celebrates the country’s Vodun heritage.

Marco Longari / AFP A person wearing a richly textured outfit for the at the annual Voodoo festival in Benin, Ouidah represents the visible manifestation of the spirit of departed ancestors - Thursday 9 January 2025. — An Egungun, a visible manifestation of the spirit of departed ancestors, visits the community during the festival which celebrates the country’s Vodun heritage.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

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