Posers and paddling swimming pools: Africa’s high photographs

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A collection of the week’s greatest photographs from throughout the African continent and past:

These designers hit the pink carpet at Solar Metropolis in South Africa with fashionista aptitude for the annual Nationwide Arts And Tradition Awards on Friday. [Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images/Getty Images]

Two people standing wearing elaborate pink fancy dress. They both have on pink wigs. There are other people in fancy dress behind them in Johannesburg, South Africa - Thursday 28 August 2025

It’s all fancy gown at South Africa’s Comedian Con Africa Championships of Cosplay in Johannesburg on Thursday as opponents collect backstage earlier than the competition begins. [Kim Ludbrook/EPA/Shutterstock]

Two girls wearing colourful patterned dresses with a colourful umbrella smile and pose whilst taking a selfie. Their hair is in braids. They are outside and there are some women in dresses in the background as well as trees - Mekelle, Ethiopia. Sunday 24 August 2025.

Younger girls have fun the Virgin Mary on the centuries-old Ashenda competition in Ethiopia’s northern metropolis of Mekelle on Sunday…. [Girmay Gebru/BBC]

Three girls wearing white and black dresses with their hair in braids pose and smile for the camera. They are outside and there are some palm trees in the background and other women wearing dresses who are participating in the festival in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Sunday 24 August 2025.

They gown up for the occasions that happen over three days and braid their hair in a particular means. Ashenda means “the tall inexperienced grass” within the area’s language. [Girmay Gebru/BBC]

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A man is reading a black bible under a roof in Nairobi, Kenya - Sunday 24 August 2025.

On the identical day over in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, a Rastafarian man takes half in a prayer ceremony. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu/Getty Images]

Motorbikes and bicycles parade with Palestinian flags during a motorcade in solidarity with Gaza, in Nairobi, Kenya - Sunday 24 August 2025.

Bikers roll into Nairobi on Sunday for a parade in help of Palestinians amid the continuing Israel-Gaza struggle. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu/Getty Images]

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu, wearing a green outfit and maroon hat, reviews ceremonial guards dressed in white trousers, blue jackets and elaborate helmets  at Planalto Palace, Brasília, Brazil - Monday 25 August 2025.

There’s pomp and ceremony in Brazil the subsequent day as Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu evaluations the guard of honour welcoming him to Planalto Palace in Brasília… [Evasristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images]

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a blue suit, white shirt and maroon tie, and Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu, wearing a green outfit and maroon hat, raise their hands during a signing ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasília, Brazil - Monday 25 August 2025.

He and his Brazilian counterpart, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, went on to signal varied bilateral agreements. [Adriano Machado/Reuters]

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Men wearing primarily red and green hold up flags with Arabic writing on it in Omdurman, Sudan - Saturday 23 August 2025.

In Sudan’s metropolis of Omdurman on Saturday some Muslim devoted take part in a procession forward of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday… [AFP/Getty Images]

A man standing knee deep in dirty water with his hand up in the air. There are other workers behind him who are standing in the back who also have their hands in the air. They appear to be under some sort of bridge. Municipal workers react while operating a pump draining a flooded highway overpass in Sudan's capital Khartoum following heavy rain - Wednesday 27 August 2025

Later within the week in Khartoum, a Sudanese man stands knee-deep in water after heavy rain as employees attempt to use a pump to empty the flooded highway. [Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images]

Three children are in a paddling pool and one child is outside it. They are outside and there are some dilapidated buildings in the background in Cairo, Egypt - Tuesday 26 August 2025.

In neighbouring Egypt, these kids are having fun with their paddling pool within the capital, Cairo, on a sizzling Tuesday… [Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images]

A woman, wearing colourful print wraps, carries a massive log on her back through a clearing in Kibumba, DR Congo. Piles of logs are in front of her and behind a truck stacked with wood - Thursday 28 August 2025.

Within the jap Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday a lady lugs logs in Kibumba. [Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images]

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A smiling man wears a straw hat and holds big green leaves - his clothes and hat are adorned with leaves and yellow flowers during a campaign rally in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Thursday 28 August 2025

On the identical day in Tanzania’s principal metropolis of Dar es Salaam, it’s all smiles for a person attending the launch of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s election marketing campaign. [Anthony Siame/EPA/Shutterstock]

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara stands up through the roof of a sunroof of a black car surrounded by security officers and his supporters as he arrives at the electoral commission in Abidjan - Tuesday 26 August 2025.

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara greets his supporters via the sunroof of his automotive on Tuesday in Abidjan as he publicizes his candidacy for October’s election. [Egnan Koula/EPA/Shutterstock]

South Africa's Vainah Ubisi celebrates with Lerato Makua - in white shorts and green tops - at the end of a match in Northampton against Brazil - Sunday 24 August 2025.

And South Africa’s Springbok girls have fun after scoring a whopping 11 tries to win 66-6 towards Brazil on the Ladies’s Rugby World Cup within the UK on Sunday. [Andrew Boyers/Reuters]

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