Africa’s week in pictures: 19-25 July 2024

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*******’s week in pictures: 19-25 July 2024

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

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Models at the Namuwongo Reclaimed Shebang Fashion Show in Uganda wear clothes made from recycled rubbish in Kampala on Saturday.

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On Friday, a fisherman sets to work in the Banc d’Arguin National Park in northern Mauritania.

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People swim in the sea as the sun sets over the Libyan coastal town of Qarabuli on Saturday.

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On Thursday, fans watch Mali take on ******* in football at the Paris Olympics…

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In a match that ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Also in Paris, Togolese rower Akoko Komlanvi, pictured on Wednesday, flies the flag in her own way with matching braids and nails in Togo’s national colours.

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South ******** opera singers Brittany Smith and Lukhanyo Moya rehearse in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

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On the same day, Ghana’s Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is hosted by the ***’s King Charles at Sandringham Estate.

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Kenyan journalists chant “police don’t respect media rights” at a rally on Wednesday following attacks on reporters covering anti-government protests in the country.

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Hundreds of people have been ******* after a landslide struck their village in Ethiopia’s remote Gofa zone. Meselech Gosaye tells the BBC on Thursday that her husband and one of her sons ***** trying to rescue other people.

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South Sudan’s basketballers almost beat Team USA in a barnstorming performance on Saturday. But the Americans pipped them 101-100 thanks to a matching-winning shot in the final eight seconds.

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Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam rides inside the barrel of a wave in Tahiti on Wednesday.

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And a schoolgirl walks in the rain in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, on Wednesday.

From the BBC in ******* this week:

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Frantic digging at scene of deadly Ethiopia landslides

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