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Cecilia Macaulay - BBC News
Sat, August 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM UTC
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
These designers hit the red carpet at Sun City in South Africa with fashionista flair for the annual National Arts And Culture Awards on Friday. [Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images/Getty Images]
It is all fancy dress at South Africa's Comic Con Africa Championships of Cosplay in Johannesburg on Thursday as competitors gather backstage before the contest starts. [Kim Ludbrook/EPA/Shutterstock]
Young women celebrate the Virgin Mary at the centuries-old Ashenda festival in Ethiopia's northern city of Mekelle on Sunday…. [Girmay Gebru/BBC]
They dress up for the events that take place over three days and braid their hair in a special way. Ashenda means "the tall green grass" in the region's language. [Girmay Gebru/BBC]
On the same day over in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, a Rastafarian man takes part in a prayer ceremony. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu/Getty Images]
Bikers roll into Nairobi on Sunday for a parade in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza war. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu/Getty Images]
There is pomp and ceremony in Brazil the next day as Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu reviews the guard of honour welcoming him to Planalto Palace in Brasília... [Evasristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images]
He and his Brazilian counterpart, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, went on to sign various bilateral agreements. [Adriano Machado/Reuters]
In Sudan's city of Omdurman on Saturday some Muslim faithful participate in a procession ahead of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday... [AFP/Getty Images]
Later in the week in Khartoum, a Sudanese man stands knee-deep in water after heavy rain as workers try to use a pump to drain the flooded road. [Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images]
In neighbouring Egypt, these children are enjoying their paddling pool in the capital, Cairo, on a hot Tuesday... [Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images]
In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday a woman lugs logs in Kibumba. [Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images]
On the same day in Tanzania's main city of Dar es Salaam, it is all smiles for a man attending the launch of President Samia Suluhu Hassan's election campaign. [Anthony Siame/EPA/Shutterstock]
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara greets his supporters through the sunroof of his car on Tuesday in Abidjan as he announces his candidacy for October's election. [Egnan Koula/EPA/Shutterstock]
And South Africa's Springbok women celebrate after scoring a whopping 11 tries to win 66-6 against Brazil at the Women's Rugby World Cup in the UK on Sunday. [Andrew Boyers/Reuters]
More BBC Africa stories from this week:
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