{"id":7808,"date":"2024-08-16T08:50:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-9-15-august-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T08:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:50:29","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-9-15-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/africas-week-in-pictures-9-15-august-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 9-15 August 2024"},"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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\"GORDWINGORDWIN ODHIAMBO \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Kenyan ballet pupils rehearse before a show in Nairobi’s Kibera neighbourhood on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"BILLELBILLEL BENSALEM \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Friday an artist paints a mural of Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif in her hometown of Tiaret, in south-western Algeria. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OLIOLI SCARFF \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On the same day at the Olympic Games in Paris, Julia Vincent represents South Africa in the women’s three-metre springboard diving final.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"OUPAOUPA BOPAPRE \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The next day in Pretoria, former Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri takes to the red carpet ahead of this year’s event…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"FRENNIEFRENNIE SHIVAMBU \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Mia le Roux was crowned the eventual winner of the competition after a controversial few weeks in which one contestant withdrew following a public backlash over her Nigerian roots.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\" RICCI SHRYOCK \/ AFP <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Monday a Simb performer wears face paint and a costume in Senegal’s capital, Dakar…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"RICCIRICCI SHRYOCK \/ AFP <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The group performs on various occasions throughout the year, including at wrestling matches and on Independence Day.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"AKINTUNDEAKINTUNDE AKINLEYE \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A worshipper brings offerings in a calabash to the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Osogbo, south-western Nigeria, on Friday…<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"AKINTUNDEAKINTUNDE AKINLEYE \/ REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The yearly Osun festival attracts devotees from far and wide.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\" EMMANUEL CROSET \/ AFP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The next day in South Africa near Johannesburg, a cosplayer takes part in a medieval fantasy fair.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Huge crowds greet Letsile Tebogo on Tuesday in Gaborone after the Botswana sprinter is crowned the world’s fastest man over 200m at the Olympic Games.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"SALVATORESALVATORE DI NOLFI\/EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

As peace talks begin on Wednesday, Sudanese protesters in Switzerland call for an end to the civil war in their home country.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"AHMEDAHMED GAMAL \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Workers harvest delicate jasmine petals near the Nile delta in Egypt on Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"AHMEDAHMED MOSAAD \/ GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And in the same country days later, a man plays with a laser as people look to the night sky for a view of the Milky Way.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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