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Paint, parades and power: Africa's top shots

Natasha Booty - BBC News

Fri, May 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM UTC

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:

Men play soccer near a graffiti mural showing a woman with a perfectly round Afro, in Yoff, a neighbourhood of Dakar.

A man holds a pile of freshly picked apricots in his hands.

Guests react while dancing on the dance floor at Paper Nightclub in Abuja.

A customer poses for a photo in a decorated selfie room at Paper Nightclub in Abuja.

A girl stands on stage and speaks into a microphone. She holds a yellow board showing her name, country of origin, and the National Belling Bee branding.

Children in dark tracksuits and monochrome bucket hats stand together in room in front of a mural.

Children in matching white and black outfits huddle together during a rehearsal in a room.

A man and a woman pose for photographers as they walk down a red carpet.

A man and a woman smile as they walk down a red carpet and pose for photographers.

A woman wearing a tennis visor stares intently at the ball as she prepares to strike it with her racket.

Two women stand in front of a mural wearing the haik - a modest gown covering most of the body typically worn in North Africa.

Men dressed in matching suits dance and sing in unison.

A group of men walk in the rainforest, pointing and gesticulating as they decide which way to go.

A shopkeeper waits for customers outside his store in a market area in Rabat.

A merchant carves a tuna fish at his stall at the fish market in Tripoli.

Giant African land snails feeding on mangos, lettuce and cucumber.

A man wearing a denim jacket and copious silver jewellery covers his mouth with his hands and feigns a shocked expression.

Women wearing Ovaherero attire chant and sing at the official ceremony in Windhoek.

A smiling woman is given a bouquet of flowers by people who are smiling and embracing her.

Kelly Smith, the mother of Joshlin Smith, wipes the corner of her eye during her sentencing at the Western Cape High Court in Saldanha Bay.

Tunisian Saluki hunting dogs play on a beach in Cap Angela, in the Bizerte region. They are tall, lightweight muscular dogs similar in appearance to greyhounds.

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