{"id":31727,"date":"2025-06-25T21:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-13\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T21:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:19:42","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 13"},"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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\"NESENESE ARI\/ ANADOLU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Wednesday, women harvest seaweed on the shores of Zanzibar.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"Per-AndersPer-Anders Pettersson \/ Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

These boys watch a biking contest in South Africa’s Alabama township on Saturday…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"SIYABONGASIYABONGA SOKHELA \/ GALLO IMAGES \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"PATPAT BATARD \/ HANS LUCAS \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Beninese great Angelique Kidjo is joined on stage by Brazilian singer Flavia Coelho at a concert in southern France on Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"BRENTONBRENTON GEACH \/ GALLO IMAGES\/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Strong winds help spread forest fires in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"THOMASTHOMAS MUKOYA \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ANGELAANGELA WEISS \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Fans of top Egyptian football club Al-Ahly put on a brave face as their side lose 2-0 to Palmeiras of Brazil, in the Fifa Club World Cup on Thursday. Bad weather stopped play for 40 minutes<\/a> at one point.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"TOYINTOYIN ADEDOKUN \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In Lagos on Friday, Richard Muzaan of Nigeria triumphs over Burkina Faso’s Isra\u00ebl Mano to take the MMC lightweight title at the African Knockout Championship.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ANOUKANOUK RIONDET \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Moroccan writer and artist Tahar Ben Jelloun admires his paintings at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JOELJOEL SAGET \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Gideon Appah, a Ghanaian painter based in Accra, poses alongside his pieces on display at a gallery in France on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"THOMASTHOMAS MUKOYA \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In Kenya on Friday, security forces look on at the ceremonial burning of some of the 7,000 illegal firearms regional forces say they have seized from criminals.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The Catholic Church’s new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, holds an audience with Madagascar’s bishop in the Vatican on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"VCGVCG \/GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Chinese tourists visit what is billed as a life-size replica of Morocco’s famously colourful city of Chefchaouen. It has been recreated in an outdoor park in northern China.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OMEROMER URER \/ ANADOLU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And on Friday, street vendors cater to passers-by in Togo’s capital, Lom\u00e9.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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