Africa’s week in footage: 9-15 August 2024

Last updated: August 15, 2024 11:43 pm

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A choice of the week’s greatest pictures from throughout the African continent and past:

GORDWIN ODHIAMBO / AFP Ballet students from the Kibera-based Project Elimu warm up ahead of a public show in Kibera. They are wearing white tulle dresses. — Kenyan ballet pupils rehearse earlier than a present in Nairobi’s Kibera neighbourhood on Wednesday.

grey placeholder — On Friday an artist paints a mural of Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif in her hometown of Tiaret, in south-western Algeria.

BILLEL BENSALEM / GETTY IMAGES A man paints a mural of Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif's face. — On Friday an artist paints a mural of Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif in her hometown of Tiaret, in south-western Algeria.

grey placeholder — On the identical day on the Olympic Video games in Paris, Julia Vincent represents South Africa within the girls’s three-metre springboard diving ultimate.

OLI SCARFF / AFP South Africa's Julia Vincent dives into the water. — On the identical day on the Olympic Video games in Paris, Julia Vincent represents South Africa within the girls’s three-metre springboard diving ultimate.

grey placeholder — The following day in Pretoria, former Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri takes to the crimson carpet forward of this 12 months’s occasion…

OUPA BOPAPRE / GETTY IMAGES Ndavi Nokeri during Miss South Africa 2024 at Sunbet Arena, Time Square. — The following day in Pretoria, former Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri takes to the crimson carpet forward of this 12 months’s occasion…

grey placeholder — Mia le Roux was topped the eventual winner of the competitors after a controversial few weeks wherein one contestant withdrew following a public backlash over her Nigerian roots.

FRENNIE SHIVAMBU / GETTY IMAGES Mia le Roux is crowned Miss South Africa 2024. — Mia le Roux was topped the eventual winner of the competitors after a controversial few weeks wherein one contestant withdrew following a public backlash over her Nigerian roots.

grey placeholder — On Monday a Simb performer wears face paint and a fancy dress in Senegal’s capital, Dakar…

RICCI SHRYOCK / AFP A performer poses in a traditional Simb costume during a cultural show at Ngor in Dakar, on August 12, 2024. The Simbs perform dances and rituals throughout the year in Senegal for various occasions, such as Independence Day, summer school break, wrestling matches and more. — On Monday a Simb performer wears face paint and a fancy dress in Senegal’s capital, Dakar…

grey placeholder — The group phases occasions all year long, together with wrestling matches and on Independence Day.

RICCI SHRYOCK / AFP A performer dances in a traditional Simb costume during a cultural show at Ngor in Dakar, on August 12, 2024. The Simbs perform dances and rituals throughout the year in Senegal for various occasions, such as Independence Day, summer school break, wrestling matches and more. (Photo by RICCI SHRYOCK / AFP) (Photo by — The group phases occasions all year long, together with wrestling matches and on Independence Day.

grey placeholder — A worshipper brings choices in a calabash to the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Osogbo, south-western Nigeria, on Friday…

AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE / REUTERS A worshipper of Osun prays with an offering in a calabash at bank of the Osun River during the Osun annual festival at the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Osogbo, southwest Nigeria, August 9, 2024. — A worshipper brings choices in a calabash to the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Osogbo, south-western Nigeria, on Friday…

grey placeholder — The yearly Osun pageant attracts devotees from far and broad.

AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE / REUTERS Worshippers of Osun dressed in matching white participate in a procession in Osogbo. — The yearly Osun pageant attracts devotees from far and broad.

grey placeholder — The following day in South Africa close to Johannesburg, a cosplayer takes half in a medieval fantasy honest.

EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP A cosplayer poses for a portrait at the medieval fantasy fair in Benoni, near Johannesburg on August 10, 2024. — The following day in South Africa close to Johannesburg, a cosplayer takes half in a medieval fantasy honest.

grey placeholder — Enormous crowds greet Letsile Tebogo on Tuesday in Gaborone after the Botswana sprinter is topped the world’s quickest man over 200m on the Olympic Video games.

MONIRUL BHUIYAN / AFP Letsile Tebogo poses with his gold Olympic medal in a stadium in Gaborone, Botswana. — Enormous crowds greet Letsile Tebogo on Tuesday in Gaborone after the Botswana sprinter is topped the world’s quickest man over 200m on the Olympic Video games.

grey placeholder — As peace talks start on Wednesday, Sudanese protestors in Switzerland name for an finish to the civil struggle of their residence nation.

SALVATORE DI NOLFI/EPA A woman holds up a sign saying 'no war'. It shows an image of a tank under a red stop sign. — As peace talks start on Wednesday, Sudanese protestors in Switzerland name for an finish to the civil struggle of their residence nation.

grey placeholder — Staff harvest delicate jasmine petals close to the Nile delta in Egypt on Sunday.

AHMED GAMAL / GETTY IMAGES A person holds jasmine petals in their hand. — Staff harvest delicate jasmine petals close to the Nile delta in Egypt on Sunday.

grey placeholder — And in the identical nation days later, a person performs with a laser as individuals look to the night time sky for a view of the Milky Means.

AHMED MOSAAD / GETTY IMAGES A person is playing with a laser while watching the galaxy and stars in Faiyum, Egypt, on 13 August. — And in the identical nation days later, a person performs with a laser as individuals look to the night time sky for a view of the Milky Means.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

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