A selection of photos from around the African continent this week:
Nigerian Muslim beauty pageant finalist Blqis Adebayo tours an
ancient Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia on Monday. About 25
finalists from around the world compete in the final round of the
competition in the city of Yogyakarta from 13-21 November...
Two days earlier, models present creations made of bark cloth
material by fashion designer Jose Hendo during the first fashion week
show held in Uganda's capital, Kampala. The designer has made dresses
from the cloth of Uganda's indigenous mutuba trees, mixed with cotton,
silk and denim.
While on Saturday, these women show their finest outfits at a
beauty contest in South Sudan's capital, Juba. Twelve contestants took
part in the event organised by the South Sudan Artists Association. The
contest has been running annually since the 2005 peace accord, which
ended the decades-long north-south conflict. South Sudan achieved its
independence in 2011.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits the Rise
and Fall of Apartheid exhibition at Museum Africa in the South African
city of Johannesburg on Thursday...
Two days earlier, graffiti covers a sculpture in the form of a
giant pair of spectacles on Cape Town's Sea Point Promenade. Inspired by
anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, the work Perceiving Freedom by
artist Michael Elion has stirred controversy in South Africa. A group
calling itself Tokolos Stencil Collective said it defaced the
"atrocious" work of art, which it also called "white supremacist
corporatist art".
On Wednesday, Egyptians walk past graffiti marking the third
anniversary of the 2011 protests against the military. At least 43
people were killed and more than 3,000 wounded in clashes between the
protesters and security forces that began on 19 November 2011, just nine
months after long-serving ruler Hosni Mubarak's was ousted in a popular
uprising. The military overthrew Egypt's democratically elected
president Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
In the Tunisian city of Sfax on Thursday, a supporter of the
secular Nidaa Tounes party is in jubilant mood ahead of Sunday's
presidential election. Tunisia was the birthplace of the Arab Spring,
and has largely avoided the violence seen elsewhere.
Ghana's ambassador to Russia, Kodzo Kpoku Alabo, poses for a
photo with President Vladimir Putin after presenting his credentials in
the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday. Ghanaian diplomats tend to wear
traditional outfits when presenting their credential in foreign states.
On Friday, Moroccan King Mohammed VI (2nd right) poses with the
royal family during the wedding ceremony of his brother Prince Moulay
Rachid and Oum Keltoum Boufares at the palace in Rabat city.
A cart puller is stopped by security officers in Kenya's port
city of Mombasa on Monday. The security forces have shut four mosques in
the city for alleged links with Somalia's militant Islamist group
al-Shabab. Worshippers deny the allegation. Mombasa has been hit by
bombings and shootings since Kenya sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to
help defeat al-Shabab.
A Liberian man looks at a painting which is part of an Ebola
sensitization campaign on a wall in central Monrovia. The government
says the fight against Ebola must continue despite the reduction of
number of cases in the country. Ebola has infected around 15,000 people
in West Africa with more than 5,400 deaths.
The first car with a chassis built in Kenya is displayed in the
capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday. The car is being sold for around
$10,500 (£6,700).
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