A collection of the week’s greatest photographs from throughout the African continent and past:
These designers hit the crimson carpet at Solar Metropolis in South Africa with fashionista aptitude for the annual Nationwide Arts And Tradition Awards on Friday. [Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images/Getty Images]
It’s all fancy costume at South Africa’s Comedian Con Africa Championships of Cosplay in Johannesburg on Thursday as rivals collect backstage earlier than the competition begins. [Kim Ludbrook/EPA/Shutterstock]
Younger girls rejoice the Virgin Mary on the centuries-old Ashenda pageant in Ethiopia’s northern metropolis of Mekelle on Sunday…. [Girmay Gebru/BBC]
They costume up for the occasions that happen over three days and braid their hair in a particular method. Ashenda means “the tall inexperienced grass” within the area’s language. [Girmay Gebru/BBC]
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On the identical day over in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, a Rastafarian man takes half in a prayer ceremony. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu/Getty Images]
Bikers roll into Nairobi on Sunday for a parade in assist of Palestinians amid the continuing Israel-Gaza warfare. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu/Getty Images]
There may be pomp and ceremony in Brazil the following day as Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu opinions 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 signal varied bilateral agreements. [Adriano Machado/Reuters]
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In Sudan’s metropolis of Omdurman on Saturday some Muslim trustworthy take part in a procession forward of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday… [AFP/Getty Images]
Later within the week in Khartoum, a Sudanese man stands knee-deep in water after heavy rain as staff attempt to use a pump to empty the flooded highway. [Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images]
In neighbouring Egypt, these youngsters are having fun with their paddling pool within the capital, Cairo, on a sizzling Tuesday… [Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images]
Within the japanese Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday a girl lugs logs in Kibumba. [Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images]
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On the identical day in Tanzania’s principal metropolis of Dar es Salaam, it’s all smiles for a person attending the launch of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s election marketing campaign. [Anthony Siame/EPA/Shutterstock]
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara greets his supporters via the sunroof of his automobile on Tuesday in Abidjan as he proclaims his candidacy for October’s election. [Egnan Koula/EPA/Shutterstock]
And South Africa’s Springbok girls rejoice after scoring a whopping 11 tries to win 66-6 towards Brazil on the Girls’s Rugby World Cup within the UK on Sunday. [Andrew Boyers/Reuters]
Extra BBC Africa tales from this week:
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