Image caption,The competition is believed to date back 200 years, with each neighbourhood in the city putting forward multiple teams.
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A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond:
Image caption,On Saturday, people cheer after the unveiling of their team’s boat for a day of traditional pirogue racing in the coastal city of St Louis in Senegal…Image caption,Thousands attend the event, with spectators like these singing and dancing as they cheer on the boats…Image caption,The competition is believed to date back 200 years, with each neighbourhood in the city putting forward multiple teams.Image caption,In Rwanda, a performer wears a giraffe’s head in a Kigali supermarket on Friday during a collaboration between Rwandan and Burundian artists and a Belgian theatre group.Image caption,Tunisian singer Noor Arjoun performs at the Carthage International Festival in Tunisia on Wednesday.Image caption,On Monday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, a woman walks past election posters for presidential candidate Raila Odinga…Image caption,Election fever continues on Wednesday in Kangari, where a man sits below a poster of the other main contender, Deputy President William Ruto.Image caption,On Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa, a vet shows a Great Dane some TLC at at the Mdzananda Animal Clinic.Image caption,The next day in the same city a group of women gather outside a court to protest against a development expected to house Amazon’s African HQ.Image caption,Supporters of Banyana Banyana, South Africa’s women’s football team, cheer on Wednesday as the Wafcon winners come to Pretoria’s Union Buildings to meet the president.Image caption,Nigerian hurdler Tobi Amusan marks a moment of joy as she breaks the world record at the World Athletic Championships during the 100m hurdle semi-finals…Image caption,Here she is pictured holding her prize money after winning gold in the final in Oregon.Image caption,Ugandan Fridays For Future climate activist Patience Nabukalu poses for a photo during a meeting in Italy on Tuesday of the global movement to stop global warming.Image caption,José Maria Neves, the president of Cape Verde, holds a press conference after meeting his Portuguese counterpart in Lisbon on Thursday.Image caption,And a refreshing array of coloured drinks are mixed for those attending the Algerian Beverage Fair in Algeria’s capital, Algiers, on Friday.
