{"id":28166,"date":"2025-05-02T18:42:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-25-april\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T18:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:42:32","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-25-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-25-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 25 April"},"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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\"ESAESA ALEXANDER \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

People watch as wildfires rage across parts of Table Mountain National Park in South Africa on Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"LUISLUIS TATO \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Friday, four days after Pope Francis’ death, nuns and other believers pray for the late pontiff at the Holy Family Basilica church in Kenya’s capital city.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"IHSAANIHSAAN HAFFEJEE \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

These designs by Rubicon are showcased by models on the second day of South Africa Fashion Week, in Johannesburg on Friday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"TIMTIM MOSENFELDER \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Abdourahamane Ibrahim plays with his brothers in their band Etran de L’A\u00efr at the New Orleans Jazz Festival on Sunday. The musical family hails from Agadez in Niger.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"CHEDLYCHEDLY BEN IBRAHIM \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JOSPINJOSPIN MWISHA \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Kivu Dancers’ Collective perform on International Dance Day in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The event went ahead despite the fact the city has been captured by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, and the devastating violence suffered by civilians in the conflict.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"EDED RAM \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Boats, fishermen and swimmers enjoy Lido beach in Mogadishu on Friday as the Somali flag flutters overhead.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"PATRICKPATRICK MEINHARDT \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Sunday, karate enthusiasts in Freetown competes in a version of the martial art called kyokushin. It has been growing in popularity in Sierra Leone for the past decade.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"FETHIFETHI BELAID \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A herder hugs one of his camels in Douz in Tunisia on Thursday. The area is home to a large oasis with palm trees that produce masses of dates each year.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Kumpos figures from Senegal’s southern region of Casamance dance during a climate action project in the capital, Dakar, on Sunday…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Also taking part is the Danuu collective, seen here in dazzling costumes.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MATTHEWMATTHEW CHILDS \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Kenya’s domination of the annual London marathon continues, with 29-year-old Sabastian Sawe triumphing in the men’s race on Sunday. The winner of the women’s elite race was Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa, who broke the women’s world marathon record by 26 seconds.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ALEXALEX GRIMM \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And on Sunday the trophy and official match ball are displayed on a local beach ahead of the Fifa Beach Football World Cup in the Seychelles.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

More from the BBC on Africa:<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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