{"id":30485,"date":"2025-06-06T20:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T20:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-23-29-may-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T20:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T20:44:26","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-23-29-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-23-29-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 23-29 May 2025"},"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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\"ZOHRAZOHRA BENSEMRA \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It’s time for football on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal, where these men play on sand near the beach.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MOHAMEDMOHAMED ABD EL GHANY \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Farm workers harvest apricots in northern Egypt on Sunday, which is not a day of rest in the Muslim-majority country.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OLYMPIAOLYMPIA DE MAISMONT \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Women take to the dancefloor on a night out in Nigeria’s capital city…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OLYMPIAOLYMPIA DE MAISMONT \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This club in Abuja has various selfie booths for customers to enjoy.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"KAYLAKAYLA BARTOWSKI \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Eleven-year-old Ghanaian spelling whizz Cyleane Equra Ama Quansah competes at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the US on Tuesday. The event attracts contestants aged between 8 and 14 from across the world.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ALETALET PRETORIUS \/ GALLO IMAGES \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

City of Pantsula group members gear up ahead of the Hillbrow Street Parade on Saturday…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ALETALET PRETORIUS \/ GALLO IMAGES \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dancers, musicians and residents come together for the event each year in the South African city of Johannesburg.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"SAMEERSAMEER AL-DOUMY \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

French-Algerian couple Karim Benzema and Lyna Khoudri set tongues wagging on Thursday with their first red carpet appearance together….<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"SAMEERSAMEER AL-DOUMY \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The footballer and actress were attending the Cannes Film Festival.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JULIENJULIEN DE ROSA \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Mayar Sherif of Egypt eyes the ball in her tennis match against Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova on Monday during the French Open in Paris.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"BILLELBILLEL BENSALEM \/ NURPHOTO \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Sunday, women strolling the streets of Algeria’s capital take in a mural praising local football team MC Alger.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"RAJESHRAJESH JANTILAL \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Members of a South African Isicathamiya group sing their hearts out during a showcase in Durban on Saturday. Isicathamiya is a distinctive, a capella chorus style said to originate from migrant Zulu communities.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"HUGHHUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Rangers use trackers to check up on a herd of elephants on Friday in the vast Upemba National Park, in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Wildlife here is vulnerable to poachers and armed groups.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JEWELJEWEL SAMAD \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It’s a slow Wednesday for this shopkeeper waiting for customers in Morocco’s capital city, Rabat.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MAHMUDMAHMUD TURKIA \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This large tuna is among the fish on sale at a market in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Friday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ISSOUFISSOUF SANOGO \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Giant African land snails feed on mangos, lettuce and cucumber as they are shown off at the International Exhibition of Agriculture and Animals Resources in Ivory Coast on Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JOELJOEL SAGET \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

French-Cameroonian singer Yam\u00ea poses for the camera at a photocall in Paris on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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On Friday, a trio of Saluki dogs gambol on a beach in Tunisia.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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