Africa’s week in pictures: 3


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

ABADJAYE JUSTIN SODOGANDJI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A man holds a pair of figurines dressed in matching clothes. ABADJAYE JUSTIN SODOGANDJI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Believers bring dolls of deities associated with twins – called hoxo – to Benin’s Twins Festival in Ouidah on Sunday.

JEROME FAVRE / EPA Children sweep the floor at Medina Gounass Elementary School. On the wall is a mural of the country's first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor.JEROME FAVRE / EPA

Children clean classrooms in this suburb of Dakar on Saturday before the new school year begins in Senegal.

DANIEL TEREFE / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES Women and mean wearing beaded jewellery and clothing stand together.DANIEL TEREFE / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES
Members of Ethiopia’s Oromo community celebrate Ireecha – a thanksgiving festival – in the capital Addis Ababa on Saturday.
JOEL SAGET / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A man dressed in smart clothes leans back and extends one leg.JOEL SAGET / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Renowned South African choreographer Mthuthuzeli November, who began ballet dancing at the relatively late age of 15, poses at France’s Opera Bastille on Friday.

GERALD ANDERSON / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES A woman holds her happy-looking dog up and smiles.GERALD ANDERSON / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES

On Sunday in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, dog owners and their canine companions gather for Dogtoberfest.

JOEL SAGET / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A woman wearing a matching lace dress and headwrap stands in front of a pink background.JOEL SAGET / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Malian singer Mariam Doumbia takes part in a photoshoot in France on Wednesday. Her husband and longtime musical partner Amadou Bagayoko died in April at the age of 70.

ABDULLAH DOMA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Two women are seated wearing matching golden-coloured dresses and headdresses.ABDULLAH DOMA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Women wear their finery at the opening of a new sports club in Benghazi, eastern Libya, on Sunday.

KHALED DESOUKI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES The full moon is visible between two towers. KHALED DESOUKI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

On Tuesday night a full moon appears as if suspended between the minarets of this mosque in el-Shorouk, Egypt.

SAYED HASSAN / GETTY IMAGES A man brandishes a wooden baton on horseback. A crowd behind him watches.SAYED HASSAN / GETTY IMAGES

In a village in eastern Egypt on Friday, men dual on horseback in a game called al-Marmah.

MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / REUTERS Two boys climb a brick home. Its roof appears to be missing.MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / REUTERS

Children climb what remains of their home in northern Egypt. This and many other houses in the Nile delta have been flooded. The prime minister says some residents knowingly built their homes in the river’s flood zone.

ZOHRA BENSEMRA / REUTERS A man poses for photos on his motorbike. The vehicle and his clothes match the yellow, red and green flag he carries.ZOHRA BENSEMRA / REUTERS

Bedecked in the colours of the national flag and with Go Lions painted on his motorbike, this Cameroonian man drives through the streets of central Yaoundé on Wednesday ahead of the national football team’s 2-0 victory against Mauritius.

LUIS TATO / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A medical student holds a flag bearing the logo of the popular Japanese anime One Piece on 7 October.LUIS TATO / AFP / GETTY IMAGES
JALAL MORCHIDI / EPA A man drapes the Moroccan flag over his back on 3 October.JALAL MORCHIDI / EPA
GABRIEL ROBERT-GIRONCELLE / REUTERS People queue up to vote in the presidential election.GABRIEL ROBERT-GIRONCELLE / REUTERS

Thursday sees Seychellois cast their votes in a second round run-off between the current president and the leader of the governing party. Election results are expected within days.

MOHAMED MESSARA / EPA Women look a various brightly coloured rugs for sale in a large exhibition booth.MOHAMED MESSARA / EPA

Weavers and other craft specialists bring their wares to the annual handicrafts fair in Tunisia’s capital city on Tuesday.

KIM LUDBROOK / EPA People in canoes paddle across water.KIM LUDBROOK / EPA

Also on Tuesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, canoeists glide over the waters of the Emmarentia Dam at sunrise.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

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