Africa in pictures: 4-10 March 2016

A selection of photos from around the African continent this week.

A woman checks details on a voters" list at a polling station in Cotonou, on March 6, 2016, during the presidential election. Benin went to the polls on March 6 to choose a new president from a crowded field of 33 candidates, but with concerns lingering about the distribution of voters" cards that already forced a two-week delayReuters

A smartly dressed woman checks the voters roll in Benin's Cotonou city on Sunday, as the West African state held a presidential election which failed to produce a clear winner. Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou and cotton magnate Patrice Talon will now face each other in a run-off

Egyptian worker Salama, 75, works on colored yarns inside a tannery in Cairo, Egypt, 07 March 2016. The tannery is the only left in the old part of Cairo. The yarn is used for shoe laces, mattresses upholstery, ballet dance outfits and suitsEPA

In the Egyptian city of Cairo the next day, this elderly man earns a living by working on coloured yarns in a tannery. The yarn is used for items ranging from shoe laces to ballet dance outfits

Young Moroccan mechanic, Oumaima Boukerch (R), works in a garage in Rabat, Morocco, 07 March 2016. Boukerch, 23, says she had chosen a profession reserved for men in the Moroccan society, which remains intolerant toward women. International Women"s day is celebrated on 08 MarchEPA

This woman prefers to be in a mechanic's overall, working under a car on Tuesday in Morocco's main city, Rabat. She has chosen a profession long dominated by men

Congolese musician Ray Lema perform on March 9 at the palais de la culture in Abidjan during the 9th edition of the Market For African Performing Arts (MASA) festivaAFP

As a child, Congolese musician Ray Lema wanted to become a priest but fate decided otherwise. On Thursday, he was performing at a concert in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan

In photo released on 5 March, Ghanaian artist El Anatsui poses in front of one of his installations at the Chaumont-sur-Loire castleAFP

In a photo released the next day, one of Ghana's most famous artists, El Anatsui, is seen posing in front of one of his installations which will be exhibited at a garden festival in France from next month to November

A man uses his mobile phone at the booth of Tunisia at the International Tourism Fair ITB in Berlin on March 10 2016AFP

An idyllic image of Tunisia is shown at a tourism fair in Germany's Berlin city on Thursday, as the government attempts to win back European visitors too scared to travel to the region because of attacks by militant Islamists

Members of the Libyan judicial police show their skills during a graduation ceremony on March 8, 2016 in the capital Tripoli.AFP

In neighbouring Libya on Wednesday, a policeman shows off his skills at his graduation ceremony in the capital, Tripoli

Indigenous Sahrawi officials are seen as the helicopter of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon lands in the Sahrawi refugee camp of Al Smara in Tindouf southern Algeria March 5, 2016.Reuters

In the desert region of Algeria on Saturday, exiled Polisario Front officials wait for UN chief Ban Ki-moon's helicopter to land. Mr Ban lamented the fact that there had been little progress in resolving the group's 40-year territorial dispute with Morocco

In photo released 4 March 2016, the Makoko floating school is seen anchored in the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria February 29, 2016.In Makoko, a sprawling slum of Nigeria"s megacity Lagos, a floating school capable of holding up to a hundred pupils has since November brought free education to the waterways known as the Venice of Lagos. It offers the chance of social mobility for youngsters who, like most of the city"s 21 million inhabitants, lack a reliable electricity and water supply and whose water-based way of life is threatened by climate change as well as rapid urbanisation.Reuters

In this photo released on Friday, a floating school is seen anchored in a poor neighbourhood in Nigeria's main city, Lagos

A student arrives at a floating school on a canoe in the Makoko fishing community on the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria, in photo released on 4 MarchReuters

A student arrives at the school, which has been giving children a free education since November

A two day old endangered African penguin chick huddles next to a teddy bear under a warming light after being fed at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in Cape Town, South Africa, 09 March 2016.EPA

On Thursday, a two-day-old endangered African penguin chick huddles next to a teddy bear under a warming light at a conservation centre in South Africa's Cape Town city. During egg season African penguin eggs are rescued from nearby colonies by rangers.

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