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Africa's week in pictures: 19-25 January 2024

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

News imageOUSMANE MAKAVELI/AFP Men from the Dogon ethnic group dance during the Ogobagna Masked Dance ceremony in Bamako.OUSMANE MAKAVELI/AFP
Dogon men perform the Ogobagna Masked Dance in Mali's capital, Bamako, on Monday.
News imageSIA KAMBOU/AFP A young Morocco supporter gestures to the camera.SIA KAMBOU/AFP
Fans pack the Laurent Pokou Stadium in Ivory Coast on Sunday to watch Morocco take on the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the African Cup of Nations...
News imageFRANCK FIFE/AFP A Nigeria's supporter reacts ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations group A football match between Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria.FRANCK FIFE/AFP
The next day Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau in the group stages to progress to the final 16...
News imageKENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP Supporters cheer during the Africa Cup of Nations group C football match between Senegal and Cameroon in Yamoussoukro on 19 January.KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP
This year's tournament is gearing up to be one of the most exciting and unpredictable in recent memory.
News imageDIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP Visitors look at light installations at the Atelier des Lumieres, during a press preview of the exhibition titled "Egyptian Pharaons, from Cheops to Ramses II".DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP
Ancient Egypt's wonders are reproduced in this light show in Paris, France, on Thursday.
News imageMAHMOUD ELKHWAS/GETTY IMAGES Egyptian workers making mannequins.MAHMOUD ELKHWAS/GETTY IMAGES
Meanwhile workers manufacture mannequins in northern Egypt on Saturday.
News imageDANIEL IRUNGU/EPA A man walks past different paintings on display for sale.DANIEL IRUNGU/EPA
Paintings are on display at Buganda Road craft market in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday.
News imageTIKSA NEGERI/REUTERS A man and a woman look through an iron gate.TIKSA NEGERI/REUTERS
Worshippers wait to join a Timket ceremony in Ethiopia on Saturday...
News imageMICHELE SPATARI/AFP Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers bathe during the celebration of Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany, in Gondar.MICHELE SPATARI/AFP
The Orthodox Christian festival marks the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river.
News imageMATTHEW LEWIS/GETTY IMAGES Schoolchildren wave to the camera.MATTHEW LEWIS/GETTY IMAGES
Children in South Africa watch Zimbabwe take on Sri Lanka in the Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup.
News imageADEK BERRY/AFP Indonesian guards wear traditional costumes.ADEK BERRY/AFP
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives a guard of honour in Indonesia while visiting President Joko Widodo on Thursday.
News imageANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP The changing of the guard takes place during a meeting between Angolan President Joao Lourenco and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Presidential Palace in Luanda.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP
On the same day in Luanda, a changing of the guard takes place outside a meeting between Angolan President João Lourenço and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
News imageLUIS TATO/AFP Members of a senior brass band from Brass for Africa rehearse ahead of a performance in Kampala.LUIS TATO/AFP
And on Tuesday in Uganda, Brass for Africa rehearse ahead of a performance in the capital, Kampala.

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