Boxing boots, Yoruba festivals and trombones: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
A model in Kenya is photographed on Saturday in a boxing ring ahead of a tournament to mark International Youth Day in Mathare slum in the capital, Nairobi. [Daniel Irungu/Shutterstock/EPA]
There are big kicks in Cape Town on Tuesday as South African climate activists call for Total to be kicked out of Africa. The energy giant has not responded the campaign but describes itself as committed to providing sustainable energy. [Brenton Geach/Gallo Images/Getty Images]
Mia le Roux, who became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss South Africa last year, smiles for cameras in the capital, Pretoria, on Friday as she attends a national dialogue convention that seeks to identify the most important issues facing the country. [Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images]
Potatoes abound at this food market on Sunday as a trader replenishes his potato stock in Algeria’s capital, Algiers. [Billel Bensalem/APP/NurPhoto/Getty Images]
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The next day in Wasiko, Uganda, a trombone player blows his horn before a football tournament game at the Africa Nations Championship (Chan), where Uganda faced off South Africa in a group stage match. [Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images]
There are smiles on Sunday at a fan zone in Nairobi set up for Kenyan football fans to watch their team take on Zambia in a Chan match. [Donwilson Odhiambo/Getty Images]
On Wednesday, these young children in Nigeria’s city of Lagos participate in festivities on Isese Day, when Yoruba traditions are celebrated. [Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto/Getty Images]
In the Nigerian state of Oyo on Saturday there are more Yoruba celebrations as a worshipper of the deity Sango shows off her clothing as she participates in the annual Sango festival. [Emmanuel Adegboye/Shutterstock/EPA]
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On the same day in Detroit, Nigerian musician Asake graces the stage at a concert in the US city. [Robert Okine/Getty Images]
Emirati singer, Ahlam, glitters on stage on Thursday during a performance at Tunisia’s Carthage International Festival. [Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images]
Divers in a bay in the Egyptian city of Alexandria watch as a crane pulls up a giant stone artefact on Thursday as part of drive to recover sunken antiquities. [Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images]
In the same port city on the same day, a young girl smiles as enjoys the breeze through the window of a bus as temperatures soar amid a heatwave. [Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters]
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