A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
Image caption,On Wednesday in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, Angola’s King Tchongolola Tchongonga Ekuiki VI visits people who trace their ancestry back to Angola.Image caption,Equatorial Guinea’s Diana-Lita Hinestrosa Eraul blows kisses on Monday ahead of the Miss Universe contest in El Salvador.Image caption,Supporters line the streets of Cape Town as the Springboks continue their victory tour of South Africa on Friday.Image caption,James Githae, who leads Nakuru county’s litter-picking group, sets to work in Kenya on Wednesday.Image caption,On Saturday, King Amon Paul Désiré Tanow of the N’Zima Kotoko watches a cultural festival in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast.Image caption,On the same day, Morocco’s capital city Rabat hosts the World Flamenco Congress.Image caption,The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Marc Diakiese squares up to his UFC opponent in Brazil on Saturday, in a match he went on to win.Image caption,On the same day, security officers fire tear gas at protestors trying to reach an opposition rally in Madagascar’s capital city.Image caption,With weeks to go before a presidential election, some rival candidates and their supporters have been injured and arrested in the protests.Image caption,The next day Hellen Obiri of Kenya celebrates winning the women’s New York City Marathon, posing proudly with her daughter.Image caption,Golfer Benjamin Follett-Smith of Zimbabwe looks on from the bunker at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in Spain on Friday.Image caption,Ethiopian Orthodox Christians walk down the street in Addis Ababa on the same day.Image caption,People gather for the Festival of Abissa in Ivory Coast on Saturday.Image caption,On Tuesday, workers pack sacks full of salt at Bardawel Lake in Egypt’s North Sinai province.Image caption,Soldiers present for inspection during Armed Forces Day in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday.Image caption,Supporters of Ghana’s governing party, the NPP, sing and dance ahead of a ceremony formally announcing Mahamudu Bawumia as its next presidential candidate.Image caption,Heavy rain and flooding slow traffic down in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday.Image caption,A man who has migrated through Spain’s Canary Islands from sub-Saharan Africa smiles out of a hotel window on Thursday.Image caption,And on the same day, sailors in leg two of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race reach their journey’s end in Cape Town.
