Africa's week in pictures: 12-18 April 2024April 19, 2024 at 4:07 AMA selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:Italian-Nigerian swimmer Sara Curtis, 17, poses on Tuesday as she prepares for the 2024 Olympics. [MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP]Kenyan skateboarders take part in the Amps & Ramps contest in Nairobi on Saturday. [PATRICK MEINHARDT/AFP]On the same day, people of African descent take part in the Congo dance at a festival in the Central American nation of Panama. [BIENVENIDO VELASCO/EPA]On Tuesday, Ethiopians in the ancient city of Harar celebrate the Shuwalid Festival which follows Ramadan each year. [MICHELE SPATARI/AFP]The King of Pop graces this bus in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, on Friday. Michael Jackson was also crowned the king of a village during a visit to the country in 1992. [LEGNAN KOULA/EPA]Deaf and mute dancers from Burkina Faso's Fientan group take to the stage at the African Entertainment Arts Market in Ivory Coast on Wednesday... [ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP]Also performing are the Danseincolor troupe from Congo-Brazzaville. [ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP]Craftsmen dye animal skins at this tannery in Fez, northern Morocco, on Wednesday. [NURETTIN BOYDAK/GETTY IMAGES]South African surfers are shrouded in morning mists on Muizenberg beach on Thursday. [ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS]In Egypt on Monday, a Sudanese man gets his hair cut in a Cairo barbershop. Almost half a million Sudanese refugees have crossed into Egypt since war broke out in their home country a year ago. [MOHAMED HOSSAM/EPA]Days earlier, handmade items hang next to a wall on Senegal's famous clamshell island, officially called Fadiouth Island. [CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES]On Saturday in Cameroon, royals and a guardian surround the Bamoun throne... [DANIEL BELOUMOU OLOMO/AFP]And ceremonial gunfire kicks off the official opening of the new Bamoun Kings Museum in the city of Foumban. [DANIEL BELOUMOU OLOMO/AFP]Images subject to copyright
Africa's week in pictures: 12-18 April 2024April 19, 2024 at 4:07 AMA selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:Italian-Nigerian swimmer Sara Curtis, 17, poses on Tuesday as she prepares for the 2024 Olympics. [MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP]Kenyan skateboarders take part in the Amps & Ramps contest in Nairobi on Saturday. [PATRICK MEINHARDT/AFP]On the same day, people of African descent take part in the Congo dance at a festival in the Central American nation of Panama. [BIENVENIDO VELASCO/EPA]On Tuesday, Ethiopians in the ancient city of Harar celebrate the Shuwalid Festival which follows Ramadan each year. [MICHELE SPATARI/AFP]The King of Pop graces this bus in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, on Friday. Michael Jackson was also crowned the king of a village during a visit to the country in 1992. [LEGNAN KOULA/EPA]Deaf and mute dancers from Burkina Faso's Fientan group take to the stage at the African Entertainment Arts Market in Ivory Coast on Wednesday... [ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP]Also performing are the Danseincolor troupe from Congo-Brazzaville. [ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP]Craftsmen dye animal skins at this tannery in Fez, northern Morocco, on Wednesday. [NURETTIN BOYDAK/GETTY IMAGES]South African surfers are shrouded in morning mists on Muizenberg beach on Thursday. [ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS]In Egypt on Monday, a Sudanese man gets his hair cut in a Cairo barbershop. Almost half a million Sudanese refugees have crossed into Egypt since war broke out in their home country a year ago. [MOHAMED HOSSAM/EPA]Days earlier, handmade items hang next to a wall on Senegal's famous clamshell island, officially called Fadiouth Island. [CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES]On Saturday in Cameroon, royals and a guardian surround the Bamoun throne... [DANIEL BELOUMOU OLOMO/AFP]And ceremonial gunfire kicks off the official opening of the new Bamoun Kings Museum in the city of Foumban. [DANIEL BELOUMOU OLOMO/AFP]Images subject to copyright
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