{"id":30689,"date":"2025-06-09T20:47:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-30-may\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:47:31","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-30-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-30-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 30 May"},"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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\"CEMCEM OZDEL \/ ANADOLU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"CEMCEM OZDEL \/ ANADOLU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Another mural at the same site reads “nobody is free until we all are free” and shows the flags of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Palestinian territories.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OUPAOUPA BOPAPE \/ GALLO IMAGES \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Sunday, cast members perform at the opening night of Sarafina The Musical in Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"NESENESE ARI \/ ANADOLU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The next day, this girl reads the letter of the alphabet at her primary school in Zanzibar.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ISSOUFISSOUF SANOGO \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Tuesday in Ivory Coast, a tailor handles embroidered fabric at his workshop.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"SODIQSODIQ ADELAKUN \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The following day in Lagos, Nigeria, a market trader inspects a ram he is selling ahead of Eid al-Adha celebrations.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"DOAADOAA ADEL \/ NURPHOTO \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Days earlier in Egypt, it’s time to harvest grapes at this farm in Wadi El Natrun. The country’s grape exports have grown steadily in recent years.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"FRANCOFRANCO ORIGLIA \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Nigerian fashion designer Sandrah Tubobereni attends an event in Italy on Thursday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JACQUESJACQUES FEENEY \/ OFFSIDE \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A Nigeria fans cheers her team to victory against Jamaica in the Unity Cup football final which ended 5-4 in the UK on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JEROMEJEROME FAVRE \/ EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On the same day in Senegal close the Gambian border, these dancers take part in the Niumi Badiya Festival…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JEROMEJEROME FAVRE \/ EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The event emphasises the shared cultural heritage of the wider region, often referred to as Senegambia.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"PATRICKPATRICK MEINHARDT \/ AFP \/GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On the same day a few hours’ drive north, people on Joal-Fadiouth island line the streets to watch the crowning of the 25th Sacuur (centre), a customary leader.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ISSAMISSAM ZERROK\/ HANS LUCAS \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Riders display their mastery in the saddle as well as their ornate styling at the Hassan II Trophy of Tbourida in Morocco on Friday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"LUCLUC CLAESSEN \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On the same day in France, the Eritrean cycling champion Biniam Girmay waves to fans ahead of Boucles de la Mayenne race.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"TONYTONY KARUMBA \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Liberia’s Maia McCoy triumphs in the Women’s 100m race, at the Kip Keino Classic – World Continental Tour in Kenya on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"TCHANDROUTCHANDROU NITANGA \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JEWELJEWEL SAMAD \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And on Saturday a lone fisherman tries his luck off Morocco’s Atlantic coast in Casablanca.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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