Today, we bring you a selection of the best photos from across the continent and beyond in the month of August 2022.
From the Ethiopian holy site in Lalibela, nationwide strike against the rising cost of living in South Africa, Angolan general elections, Chalewote festival in Accra-Ghana, Nigerian superstar Burna Boy performance at Lowlands Festival and any more:
IMAGE SOURCE,AFP Image caption,Worshippers make their way through the cave of Saint George on Monday…
IMAGE SOURCE,AFP Image caption,The Ethiopian holy site in Lalibela is one of many places hosting women-only Ashenda Festival celebrations to honour the Virgin Mary.
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA Image caption,Thousands of miles away in the Central American nation of Panama, the Pollera Congo festival gets under way…
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA Image caption,It won Unesco intangible heritage status four years ago, after Panama’s government said it wanted to “prove culture from Congo and other parts of Africa took a different identity in each country of the Americas”.
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA Image caption,Thousands of people across South Africa take to the streets on Thursday for a nationwide strike against the rising cost of living.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFP Image caption,A supporter of Angolan opposition party Unita unfurls the group’s flag on Monday, two days before the general election…
IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS Image caption,A bread seller walks past police in the capital, Luanda, a day after polls closed.
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA Image caption,Miniature “robotic jockeys” ride their steeds in the Egyptian Camel Race on Tuesday. The event in El Alamein welcomed more than 900 camels who had travelled from each of the country’s regions.
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA Image caption,A suction cup fitted to this man’s head allows for hands-free flag-waving on Wednesday, during Liberia Flag Day.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFP Image caption,South African surfer Jordy Smith competes during the Outerknown Tahiti Pro 2022 in the Pacific Ocean on Friday.
IMAGE SOURCE, AFP Image caption, Meanwhile supporters of losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga protest against the official results, which were contested by more than half of Kenya’s electoral commissioners and are now being challenged in court.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFP Image caption,This woman is one of hundreds now homeless after wildfires ripped through Algerian towns and villages until they were mostly put out on Friday…
IMAGE SOURCE,AFP Image caption,At least 38 people have been killed by the fires. Reports indicate that at least 12 people died in this bus, in the city of el-Kala.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFP Image caption,More than 80 people have died in parts of Sudan where there have been flash floods. On Monday a donkey helps these men to cross a flooded road in Iboud town.
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA Image caption,On Saturday in Tunisia, Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab takes to the stage at the International Festival of Carthage.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFP Image caption,A group of bridesmaids chat during a photoshoot on the seafront in Angola’s capital city of Luanda on Sunday.
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA Image caption,On the same day in the Netherlands, Nigerian superstar Burna Boy performs at Lowlands Festival.
IMAGE SOURCE,AFP Image caption,The day before in South Africa, the new Zulu king is crowned at KwaKhangelamankengane Royal Palace in KwaZulu-Natal province.
IMAGE SOURCE,EPA Image caption,And on Friday celebrants flock to a funeral in Offa, in Nigeria’s south-western Kwara state. According to Yoruba belief systems, death is not the end of life but is a transition to a different plane of existence.
