{"id":13283,"date":"2024-10-04T18:31:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-27-september-3-october-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T18:31:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:31:45","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-27-september-3-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-27-september-3-october-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 27 September-3 October 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"JOSEJOSE COELHO \/ EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

With a week to go before Mozambique’s general election, flyers from political parties are seen plastered on walls in the city of Chimoio on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"GERALDGERALD ANDERSON \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Classic cars go on show at this event in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday. It attracted visitors and competitors from across East Africa.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"LUCLUC GNAGO \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In Ivory Coast on Saturday, a model wears this dress made of chocolates during National Cocoa and Chocolate Days.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"LEFTYLEFTY SHIVAMBU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

South Africa Fashion Week is in full swing in Johannesburg…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"LEFTYLEFTY SHIVAMBU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

These designs are from Imprint by Mzukisi Mbane…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"LEFTYLEFTY SHIVAMBU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And these shoes are from the Essie Apparel collection by Enhle Mbali.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"GERALDGERALD ANDERSON \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Mechanics get to work in Nairobi on Friday, fixing cars and recycling parts.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ADEKUNLEADEKUNLE AJAYI \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Tuesday a taxi driver shouts out in agreement with protesters who are fed up of crippling living costs. They are on the streets of Lagos on Nigerian Independence Day to voice their frustration with the country’s lack of progress.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OLYMPIAOLYMPIA DE MAISMONT \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Days earlier in the same city, people take part in the Slum Party dance festival…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OLYMPIAOLYMPIA DE MAISMONT \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The group say they use performance art to “redefine the perception” of informal settlements in Nigeria.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JAMESJAMES KAMAU WAKIBIA \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Pelicans huddle on the water at Kenya’s Lake Nakuru National Park on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ALIALI MOUSTAFA \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A hunter collects birds to eat in north-eastern Egypt on Wednesday. Conservationists have criticised the practice of trapping migratory birds but locals say it is an important food source.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"GEOFFROYGEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT \/ AFP <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Satuday in France, Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr poses on the red carpet at a Paris Fashion Week event.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OUPAOUPA BOPAPE \/ EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Malian musician Fatoumata Diawara performs at the Joy of Jazz festival in Sandton, South Africa, on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JOHNJOHN MACDOUGALL \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Ethiopia’s Milkesa Mengesha collapses on the ground with relief after winning the Berlin Marathon in Germany on Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OUSMANEOUSMANE MAKAVELI \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The day before in Mali’s capital city Bamako, children sit in canoes on flooded roads.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"BRIANBRIAN OTIENO \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Residents of Leribe, in Lesotho, dance and sing to welcome Prince Harry and other delegates who have come to see a climate resilience project on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"RICCIRICCI SHRYOCK \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Monday, women sell peanuts at a market in Guinea-Bissau’s capital, Bissau.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"EVRARDEVRARD NGENDAKUMANA \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Tuesday, Eric Manigaba plays with his son after coming home from an Mpox treatment centre. They have faced stigma in their local community in Burundi because of fears of the virus.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ESAESA ALEXANDER \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And on Friday in South Africa’s Western Cape province, Mararet Maritz celebrates her birthday with family members. They say she is now 118 years old.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

From the BBC in Africa this week:<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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