Africa's week in pictures: 1-7 March 2024
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSHundreds walk through the streets of Cape Town to celebrate the annual pride parade, displaying all the colours of the rainbow on Saturday.
ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSOne person sitting in a pink car watches as the crowds pass by.
ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERSThe day before, a man smokes in front of South Africa's parliament at the 9th annual Rastafari-led Adwa Victory Parade.
KIM LUDBROOK/EPASunday sees pilgrims in South Africa start their morning with a waterfall cleanse to get rid of evil spirits.
FADEL SENNA/AFPA tired dog lays on cracked, dry earth caused by the record winter temperature in Morocco, on Wednesday.
ISAAC KASAMANI/EPAOn the same day, members of Uganda's Soft Ground Wrestling group practise in a makeshift ring.
MONICAH MWANGI/REUTERSKenyan healthcare workers take to the streets of the capital Nairobi to protest against the government's failure to hire trainee doctors on Monday.
KHALED ELFIQI/EPAWhile in Egypt, preparations for Ramadan begin as two men hang up traditional lanterns.
PHILIP REYNAERS/GETTY IMAGESThe next day, Queen Mathilde of Belgium travels on a boat to visit the coastal town of Grand-Lahou in the south of Ivory Coast.
ISSOUF SANOGO/AFPDays later, this street vendor roams the market selling vegetables, in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.
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