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Africa's week in pictures: 29 September-5 October 2023

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

News imageTim Clayton/Getty Images Kaylia Nemour of Algeria performs on the uneven bars during Women's Qualification at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships-Antwerp 2023 at the Antwerp Sportpaleis on October 2nd, 2023.Tim Clayton/Getty Images
Algerian gymnast Kaylia Nemour performs on the uneven bars at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Belgium on Monday.
News imageEd Ram/Getty Images A chameleon walks on a fence in a pine plantation on September 29, 2023 near Naro Moru outside Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya.Ed Ram/Getty Images
While a chameleon perfects an acrobatic act of its own near the Kenyan town of Naro Moru on Friday.
News imageIssifou Djibo/EPA People carrying flags rally in Niamey, Niger, 01 October 2023.Issifou Djibo/EPA
A motorbike pulls a trailer carrying Nigeriens protesting against the presence of the French military on Sunday.
News imageKhaled Desouki/AFP A vendor selling watermelons steers his horse-drawn cart along a street in Cairo on October 2, 2023.Khaled Desouki/AFP
The following day, it's the turn of a watermelon-vendor in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to hitch a ride.
News imageJohn Wessels/AFP Cathrine poses for a picture with a t-shirt of the President of Liberia George Weah on it in Clara town, Monrovia on October 4, 2023.John Wessels/AFP
Ahead of next week's elections in Liberia, a supporter of President George Weah dons a T-shirt with his face on it.
News imageIssouf Sanogo/AFP A vendor sells African wax print fabric at the Adjame main market in Abidjan on October 3, 2023.Issouf Sanogo/AFP
While colourful patterns adorn pieces of cloth at a market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Tuesday.
News imageDaniel Irungu/EP-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Fally Ipupa performs at the Walker Town Concert in Nairobi, KenyaDaniel Irungu/EP-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
Congolese singer Fally Ipupa performs on Saturday at the Walker Town Concert in Nairobi, Kenya…
News imageDaniel Irungu/EPA Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage performs at the Walker Town Concert, at the Uhuru Gardens grounds, in Nairobi, Kenya, on 30 September 2023.Daniel Irungu/EPA
…And so does Nigerian star Tiwa Savage
News imageGianluigi Guercia/AFP Wrestler Zephy from the Democratic Republic of Congo gets ready ahead of the Four Men Tag Match during the Africa Wrestling Association Nights of Champions in Cape Town on October 3, 2023.Gianluigi Guercia/AFP
Zephy, a wrestler from the Democratic Republic of Congo, also put on a show. Here he is preparing to compete at the Africa Wrestling Association Nights of Champions in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday.
News imageQueila Fernandes/AFP A man stands at the entrance to the Mansa Floating Hub in Mindeko, Sao Vicente on October 4, 2023.Queila Fernandes/AFP
The Mansa Floating Hub, an arts venue in Cape Verde, is lit by rays of green, red, yellow and blue on Wednesday.
News imageJihed Abidellaoui/Reuters Chahida Boufayed, a Tunisian harissa maker, grinds red peppers to make harissa at her shop in Nabeul, Tunisia October 1, 2023.Jihed Abidellaoui/Reuters
Red alone takes centre stage in this Tunisian shop, where the owner grinds peppers on Sunday in order to make a harissa chilli paste.
News imageAnge Aboa/Reuters A farmer dries cocoa beans at a village in Daloa, Ivory Coast.Ange Aboa/Reuters
And a farmer in Daloa, a city in the Ivory Coast, dries cocoa beans on Monday.

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