Africa’s week in pictures: 1-6 March 2025

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

A reveller sees the bright side of life at the Cape Town Pride celebration in South Africa on Saturday.

Esa Alexander / Reuters A woman wears a rainbow-patterned hat and pink-petal sunglasses. — A reveller sees the bright side of life at the Cape Town Pride celebration in South Africa on Saturday.

Four-year-old Maëlis Kouakou dresses up for Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Luc Gnago / Reuters A girl wears a blue dress and carries a calabash. — Four-year-old Maëlis Kouakou dresses up for Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

The children’s parade gets going at the Luanda Carnival in Angola on Saturday…

Marco Longari / AFP Girls wearing matching yellow and pink ra-ra skirts stand in a line. — The children’s parade gets going at the Luanda Carnival in Angola on Saturday…

The theme for this year’s carnival is 50 years of Angolan independence.

Julio Pacheco Ntela / AFP A drum major leads a procession of men and women dressed in purple, red and white pagentry. They all dance a wide-stance dance in time. — The theme for this year’s carnival is 50 years of Angolan independence.

On Tuesday, people of African descent get ready for the Carnival of Coyolillo in Mexico. Their dances are described as being similar to others found in Mozambique, Mali and Zambia.

Hector Quintanar / Getty Images A man holds a brightly painted wooden mask carved to look like a bull's head. — On Tuesday, people of African descent get ready for the Carnival of Coyolillo in Mexico. Their dances are described as being similar to others found in Mozambique, Mali and Zambia.

On the same day in Ibadan, Nigeria, art historian and designer Olushola Olajobi shows some of his pieces made from waste products.

Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA A man stands next to a large woven tapestry in white, yellow blue, orange and black horizontal stripes. — On the same day in Ibadan, Nigeria, art historian and designer Olushola Olajobi shows some of his pieces made from waste products.

The next day in Lagos, fashion designer Florentina Agu displays some of her creations.

Olympia de Maismont / AFP A woman stands in a courtyard surrounded by dresses she has designed. They are pattered and have mostly neutral tones. — The next day in Lagos, fashion designer Florentina Agu displays some of her creations.

Days earlier in the same city, Omobolaji Oyeleye, who runs a private security company, stands at the gates at one of her work sites in the upmarket Ikoyi suburb.

Olympia de Maismont / AFP A woman dressed in a security vest and chinos stands at the gates to private residence. — Days earlier in the same city, Omobolaji Oyeleye, who runs a private security company, stands at the gates at one of her work sites in the upmarket Ikoyi suburb.

On Monday, motorcycle taxi drivers in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, protest against the new ban on all motorcycle transport in the city.

Abdul Bah Jalanzo / EPA Men wave Liberia's flag at police, who stand across the road from them. In the middle are yellow taxis. — On Monday, motorcycle taxi drivers in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, protest against the new ban on all motorcycle transport in the city.

Namibians pay their respects to the country’s first president, Sam Nujoma, before his burial on Saturday.

Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters Mourners hold Namibian flags during the burial of Sam Nujoma, who became Namibia's first democratically elected president, at Namibia's Heroes' Acre, near the capital Windhoek. — Namibians pay their respects to the country’s first president, Sam Nujoma, before his burial on Saturday.

On the same day, a well-wisher draped in the Congolese flag prays for the health of Pope Francis in the Italian capital, Rome.

Tiziana Fabi / AFP A woman wrapped in the national flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo holds a rosary as she prays at the statue of John Paul II at the Gemelli University Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalised with pneumonia. — On the same day, a well-wisher draped in the Congolese flag prays for the health of Pope Francis in the Italian capital, Rome.

In Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Catholic worshippers mark Ash Wednesday.

Simon Maina / AFP A Catholic priest applies ash to a man's forehead on the observance of Ash Wednesday at the Holy family Basilica church. — In Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Catholic worshippers mark Ash Wednesday.

A woman joins evening prayers in South Africa’s Gauteng province on Sunday, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.

Robert Ciuccio / AFP A Muslim woman arranges her veil at the Nizamiye Mosque. Outside, the building is decorated in floral blue and purple tiles. — A woman joins evening prayers in South Africa’s Gauteng province on Sunday, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.

That evening after sundown at Senegal’s famous Massalikoul Djinane mosque, Muslims break their fast at the first iftar dinner of Ramadan.

Cem Ozdel / Getty Images Hundreds of people sit down on the floor to eat together at long, identically laid out tablecloths — That evening after sundown at Senegal’s famous Massalikoul Djinane mosque, Muslims break their fast at the first iftar dinner of Ramadan.

At sunrise on Thursday, canoeists glide across the Emmarentia Dam in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Kim Ludbrook / EPA The silhouettes of people in canoes paddle in the low, orange glow of the rising sun. — At sunrise on Thursday, canoeists glide across the Emmarentia Dam in Johannesburg, South Africa.

And at The Gambia’s Bijilo Forest Park on Wednesday, a curious red colobus monkey peers at the camera.

Cem Ozdel / Getty Images A small monkey with red and black fur, and big eyes, stares at the camera. — And at The Gambia’s Bijilo Forest Park on Wednesday, a curious red colobus monkey peers at the camera.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

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