{"id":40598,"date":"2025-11-05T06:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T06:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-17\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T06:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T06:35:28","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 17"},"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

The Cape Town International Kite Festival draws enthusiasts to this beach in South Africa on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"EMMANUELEMMANUEL ADEGBOYE \/ EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The next day in Nigeria, models take part in a so-called Trashion Show…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"EMMANUELEMMANUEL ADEGBOYE \/ EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The showcase in Lagos is run by an environmental group.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"BILLELBILLEL BENSALEM \/ NURPHOTO \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Tuesday, an Algerian Sahrawi woman proudly showcases her jewellery at the National Cultural Festival of Women’s Creativity in Algiers.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"EMINEMIN YOGURTCUOGLU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In Madagascar on Friday this endangered native bird – known as the short-legged ground roller – feasts on a pimple-nose chameleon and lives to see another day.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ROBERTOROBERTO PUDYANTO \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cameroon’s Ruben Sodea vaults into the air at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Indonesia on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"CARMENCARMEN ABD ALI \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Senegal’s fiercely competitive canoe races off the coast of Dakar are a yearly attraction. Saturday’s regatta once again attracted cheering crowds.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OLYMPIAOLYMPIA DE MAISMONT \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Later that day in Nigeria, clubbers enjoy Lagos’ buzzing nightlife…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OLYMPIAOLYMPIA DE MAISMONT \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This club in the Ikoyi neighbourhood features cabaret.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"SIASIA KAMBOU \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Grand-Bassam in Ivory Coast once again plays host to the Abissa festival on Saturday…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"SIASIA KAMBOU \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Making a grand entrance was Nanan Awoulae Desire Amon Tanoe. He is king of the N’Zima people of Grand Bassam, and president of Ivory Coast’s chamber of kings and traditional chiefs.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"FABIOFABIO FRUSTACI \/ EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Model-turned-actress Anyier Anei smiles at the premier of her debut film, Couture, in Italy on Friday. The South Sudanese newcomer stars alongside Angelina Jolie.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"LEGNANLEGNAN KOULA \/ EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Campaign billboards for former-First Lady Simone Ehivet Gbagbo are posted around Abidjan ahead of Saturday’s presidential election in Ivory Coast.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MOHAMEDMOHAMED KHALIL \/ AFP \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Protesters in Gabes, southern Tunisia, say a local chemical factory is causing them health issues and must be shut down.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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On Tuesday, opposition protesters barricade roads in the northern Cameroonian city of Garoua, accusing the ruling party of rigging elections to keep 92-year-old President Biya in power. It has denied any wrongdoing. Official results are to be announced on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ERENEREN BOZKURT \/ ANADOLU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And on Friday, boys play with a mobile phone in Madagascar’s coastal city of Toliara. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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