Joy, fashion fluff and chocolate stuff: Africa’s top shots

JOSE COELHO / EPA A mural of a woman's face surrounded by flyers promoting political parties - Monday 30 September 2024

With a week to go before Mozambique’s general election, flyers from political parties are seen plastered on walls in the city of Chimoio on Monday.

GERALD ANDERSON / GETTY IMAGES Girls pose for a photo next to a red car - Sunday 29 September 2024

Classic cars go on show at this event in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday. It attracted visitors and competitors from across East Africa.

LUC GNAGO / REUTERS A model presents a dress covered of chocolates packaged in the colours of the Ivorian flag. It is from a collaboration between Ivorian chocolatier Viviane Kouame and Ivorian fashion designer Gilles Toure - Saturday 28 September 2024

In Ivory Coast on Saturday, a model wears this dress made of chocolates during National Cocoa and Chocolate Days.

LEFTY SHIVAMBU / GETTY IMAGES A model wears clothing by Imprint by Mzukisi Mbane - Saturday 28 September 2024

South Africa Fashion Week is in full swing in Johannesburg…

LEFTY SHIVAMBU / GETTY IMAGES Models walk the catwalk on Saturday, wear Imprint by Mzukisi Mbane - Saturday 28 September 2024

These designs are from Imprint by Mzukisi Mbane…

LEFTY SHIVAMBU / GETTY IMAGES A model walks runway wearing Essie Apparel by Enhle Mbali - Saturday 28 September 2024

And these shoes are from the Essie Apparel collection by Enhle Mbali.

GERALD ANDERSON / GETTY IMAGES Workers at a car repair shop in Nairobi - Friday 27 September 2024

Mechanics get to work in Nairobi on Friday, fixing cars and recycling parts.

ADEKUNLE AJAYI / GETTY IMAGES A man shouts out the window of a yellow vehicle - Tuesday 1 October 2024

On Tuesday a taxi driver shouts out in agreement with protesters who are fed up of crippling living costs. They are on the streets of Lagos on Nigerian Independence Day to voice their frustration with the country’s lack of progress.

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP People dance in unison - Sunday 29 September 2024

Days earlier in the same city, people take part in the Slum Party dance festival…

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP A DJ plays music from decks, illuminated by green lights - Sunday 29 September 2024

The group say they use performance art to “redefine the perception” of informal settlements in Nigeria.

JAMES KAMAU WAKIBIA / GETTY IMAGES A group of Pelicans at Lake Nakuru National Park - Saturday 28 September 2024

Pelicans huddle on the water at Kenya’s Lake Nakuru National Park on Saturday.

ALI MOUSTAFA / GETTY IMAGES A hunter collects migratory birds from a net - Wednesday 2 October 2024

A hunter collects birds to eat in north-eastern Egypt on Wednesday. Conservationists have criticised the practice of trapping migratory birds but locals say it is an important food source.

On Satuday in France, Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr poses on the red carpet at a Paris Fashion Week event.

OUPA BOPAPE / EPA Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara sings and plays guitar on stage - Saturday 28 September 2024

Malian musician Fatoumata Diawara performs at the Joy of Jazz festival in Sandton, South Africa, on Saturday.

JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP Ethiopia's Milkesa Mengesha lays on the ground - Sunday 29 September 2024

Ethiopia’s Milkesa Mengesha collapses on the ground with relief after winning the Berlin Marathon in Germany on Sunday.

REUTERS A woman reacts after her family member died - Thursday 3 October 2024

Grief-stricken relatives of people who died in a ferry accident speak to the media on Thursday. The vessel sank in Lake Kivu near Kituku port, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

OUSMANE MAKAVELI / AFP Boys sit on pirogues in the flooded area of the Kalaban Koro district in Bamako - Wednesday 2 October 2024

The day before in Mali’s capital city Bamako, children sit in canoes on flooded roads.

BRIAN OTIENO / GETTY IMAGES Women dressed in matching clothes stand together, singing and dancing - Wednesday 2 October 2024

Residents of Leribe, in Lesotho, dance and sing to welcome Prince Harry and other delegates who have come to see a climate resilience project on Wednesday.

RICCI SHRYOCK / AFP Women tend to a child as they sell peanuts at an outdoor market in Bissau- Monday 30 September 2024

On Monday, women sell peanuts at a market in Guinea-Bissau’s capital, Bissau.

EVRARD NGENDAKUMANA / REUTERS A 35-year-old man and his son in Bujumbura, Burundi - Tuesday 1 October 2024

On Tuesday, Eric Manigaba plays with his son after coming home from an Mpox treatment centre. They have faced stigma in their local community in Burundi because of fears of the virus.

ESA ALEXANDER / REUTERS Margaret Maritz with her two daughters, Getryda Maritz, 81, and Liza Daniels, 67 - Friday 27 September 2024

And on Friday in South Africa’s Western Cape province, Mararet Maritz celebrates her birthday with family members. They say she is now 118 years old

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