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Africa's week in pictures: 5-11 April 2024

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:

News imageCem Ozdel/Getty Images Two Baye Fall members greet each other in Diourbel, Senegal - Friday 5 April 2024Cem Ozdel/Getty Images
Two members of Senegal's Baye Fall community, a Muslim group whose followers wear colourful clothing, greet each other on Friday in Diourbel as they gather to cook a meal to break their Ramadan fast.
News imageIssouf Sanogo/AFP A supporter of Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurant Gbagbo with body paint decorations and an axe in Agboville, Ivory Coast - Saturday 6 April 2024Issouf Sanogo/AFP
A supporter of Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurant Gbagbo attends at event in Agboville, where the veteran politician said he still had presidential ambitions - despite being currently ineligible to stand.
News imageFareed Kotb/Getty Images A girl holds up an uncooked kahk biscuit in Cairo, Egypt - Sunday 7 April 2024Fareed Kotb/Getty Images
The next day in Egypt's capital, Cairo, a girl learns how to make kahk biscuits being prepared ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr...
News imageAmr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters People taking selfies as the sun rises in Abu Sir, Egypt - Wednesday 10 April 2024Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
It is one of the biggest celebrations in the Islamic calendar. As the sun rises near Egypt's pyramids in Giza on Wednesday, people take selfies and wait to attend Eid prayers…
News imageGerald Anderson/Getty Images Muslims waiting Eid prayers at a cricket field in Nairobi, Kenya - Wednesday 10 April 2024Gerald Anderson/Getty Images
For Eid prayers in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, people gather at a cricket field at the Ali Muslim Club Ground...
News imageBrenton Geach/Getty Images Pots on flames for a meal being prepared by Nakhlistan Eid Cooking at Callies Rugby Field in Cape Town, South Africa - Wednesday 10 April 2024Brenton Geach/Getty Images
At a rugby field in the South African city of Cape Town, Muslim volunteers prepare to feed more than 90,000 people for Eid...
News imageAdekunle Ajayi/Getty Images A woman with henna on her hands and arms attends Eid prayers in Lagos, Nigeria - Wednesday 10 April 2024Adekunle Ajayi/Getty Images
Eid al-Fitr is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, and means "festival of the breaking of the fast". Here a woman at Eid prayers in Nigeria's city of Lagos has decorated her hands with henna...
News imageJohn Wessels/AFP Girls dressed in yellow for Eid in Cap Skirring, Senegal - Wednesday 10 April 2024John Wessels/AFP
During the Eid celebrations, people often dress up in new clothes, like these girls in the Senegalese town of Cap Skirring...
News imageCem Ozdel/Getty Images A woman with an umbrella dressed in white for Eid prayers on a beach in Dakar, Senegal - Wednesday 10 April 2024Cem Ozdel/Getty Images
This woman in Senegal's capital, Dakar, wears white like others in her district who gather for Eid prayers on the beach...
News imageFeisal Omar/Reuters Boys with toy guns running in Mogadishu, Somalia - Wednesday 10 April 2024Feisal Omar/Reuters
During the festivities in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, boys play with toy guns given to them for the occassion.
News imageEd Ram/Getty Images Men playing cards in N'Djamena, Chad - Wednesday 10 April 2024Ed Ram/Getty Images
It is a day for Muslims to relax and recover, here men play cards on the side of the road in Chad's capital, N'Djamena…
News imageEmmanuel Osodi/Getty Images People on an amusement park ride in Abuja, Nigeria - Wednesday 10 April 2024Emmanuel Osodi/Getty Images
In Nigeria's capital, Abuja, people flock to an amusement park - here flying high on eagles, a bird of prey on the country's coat of arms...
News imageEmmanuel Osodi/Getty Images Children on a ride at an amusement park in Abuja, Nigeria - Wednesday 2024Emmanuel Osodi/Getty Images
Others choose a more grounded ride at Magic Land...
News imageMarvellous Durowaiye/Reuters Horsemen participating in Nigeria's Zazzau Emirates Eid events, Kaduna, Nigeria - Wednesday 10 April 2024Marvellous Durowaiye/Reuters
While horsemen participating in Nigeria's Zazzau Emirates Eid events are pictured in their finery Kaduna, north of Abuja.
News imageMichele Spartari/AFP A horse show jumper in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Saturday 6 April 2024Michele Spartari/AFP
A more mundane outfit is warn by this equestrian for a show-jumping competition in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday.
News imageDaniel Irungu/EPA Protesting medics with vuvuzelas in Nairobi, Kenya - Tuesday 9 April 2024Daniel Irungu/EPA
Kenyan medics in Nairobi protest on Tuesday over salary arrears and delays by the government to deploy medical interns.
News imageBenjamin Cremel/AFP The War Library by British-Nigeria article Yinka Shonibare in London, the UK - Thursday 11 April 2024Benjamin Cremel/AFP
An exhibit called The War Library by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare is pictured at a gallery in London on Thursday. The bookshelves are full of wax-print-covered books about warfare.
News imageNic Bothma/Reuters A vegetable vendor in Cape Town, South Africa - Monday 8 April 2024Nic Bothma/Reuters
A vegetable vendor in Cape Town continues to work on Monday despite heavy rain and gale-force winds.
News imageWikus de Wet/AFP A pro-Palestinian mural painted on a house in Cape Town, South Africa - Friday 5 April 2024Wikus de Wet/AFP
In Cape Town's Bo-Kaap neighbourhood, famous for its colourfully painted houses and a traditionally Muslim area, a pro-Palestinian mural is seen on Friday.
News imageJalal Morchidi/EPA Celebrating Zambian football players in Rabat, Morocco - Tuesday 9 April 2024Jalal Morchidi/EPA
And players from the Zambian women's football team celebrate their qualification for the Olympics after beating Morocco in Rabat on Tuesday.

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