{"id":21152,"date":"2025-01-16T09:25:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-3\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:25:04","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 3"},"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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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…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Dressed as minstrels, people strum banjos and sing songs dating back to the 1800s…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"EsaEsa Alexander \/ Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

…bold dance moves are an important part of the festivities as well. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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On Tuesday, John Mahama wields the state sword following his inauguration as Ghana’s new president in the capital, Accra.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"KhaledKhaled Desouki \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Early Thursday morning, tourists in Egypt board hot air balloons in the southern city of Luxor.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"KhaledKhaled Desouki \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The day before, in the same city, newly unearthed archaeological discoveries at Queen Hatshepsut’s valley temple go on display…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"AhmadAhmad Hasaballah \/ Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Over 1,000 decorated stone blocks were discovered.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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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.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MarcoMarco Longari \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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An Egungun, a visible manifestation of the spirit of departed ancestors, visits the community during the festival which celebrates the country’s Vodun heritage.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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