{"id":5141,"date":"2024-07-26T03:56:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T03:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-19-25-july-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T03:56:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T03:56:09","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-19-25-july-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-19-25-july-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 19-25 July 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"KHABIRKHABIR DHANJI\/AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Models at the Namuwongo Reclaimed Shebang Fashion Show in Uganda wear clothes made from recycled rubbish in Kampala on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MICHELEMICHELE CATTANI\/AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Friday, a fisherman sets to work in the Banc d’Arguin National Park in northern Mauritania.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MAHMUDMAHMUD TURKIA\/AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

People swim in the sea as the sun sets over the Libyan coastal town of Qarabuli on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MUSTAFAMUSTAFA YALCIN\/GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Thursday, fans watch Mali take on Israel in football at the Paris Olympics…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"FRANCKFRANCK FIFE\/AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In a match that ended in a 1-1 draw.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"ALEXALEX DAVIDSON\/GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Also in Paris, Togolese rower Akoko Komlanvi, pictured on Wednesday, flies the flag in her own way with matching braids and nails in Togo’s national colours.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MARCOMARCO LONGARI\/AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

South African opera singers Brittany Smith and Lukhanyo Moya rehearse in Johannesburg on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JOEJOE GIDDENS\/AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On the same day, Ghana’s Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is hosted by the UK’s King Charles at Sandringham Estate. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"TONYTONY KARUMBA\/AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Kenyan journalists chant “police don’t respect media rights” at a rally on Wednesday following attacks on reporters covering anti-government protests in the country. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"AMENSISAAMENSISA IFA\/BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Hundreds of people have been killed after a landslide struck their village in Ethiopia’s remote Gofa zone. Meselech Gosaye tells the BBC on Thursday that her husband and one of her sons died trying to rescue other people.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JOEJOE MURPHY\/GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

South Sudan’s basketballers almost beat Team USA in a barnstorming performance on Saturday. But the Americans pipped them 101-100 thanks to a matching-winning shot in the final eight seconds.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"SEANSEAN M HAFFEY\/GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam rides inside the barrel of a wave in Tahiti on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"CEMCEM GENCO\/GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And a schoolgirl walks in the rain in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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