Africa's week in pictures: 11-17 January 2019
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A selection of photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week:
A lizard sunbathes on a car tyre on Sunday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Members of South Africa's governing ANC party gather to mark its 107th anniversary in Durban on Saturday, while a street vendor outside the venue sells cloths.
South Africa's Phumza Maweni wins the ball in Sunday's match against Australia in the Netball Quad Series in England. With the sport's World Cup just a few months away, players see this smaller tournament as part of their preparation.
New-look uniforms launched this week for Zambia's customs officers have drawn unfavourable comparisons online to pyjamas and prison garb.
Members of Morocco's Amazigh community celebrate their New Year on Saturday in the capital, Rabat. They want the date to be recognised as a national public holiday...
These Ahwach musicians perform at the same event.
The Dakar regional express train has its official opening ceremony on Monday in the Senegalese capital. Services link Dakar with the new city of Diamniadio, and will eventually extend to the new Blaise Diagne International Airport.
On Wednesday, rows of posters of famous Egyptian singers, actors and politicians are seen on sale at the historic al-Azbakeya book market in Cairo.
On Tuesday, supporters of Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo ready the champagne at The Hague, moments before the ICC announces his acquittal for crimes against humanity. But prosecutors later appeal against the decision, meaning Mr Gbagbo must now remain behind bars until the appeals chamber makes a ruling.
As gunfire and explosions are heard at Nairobi's DusitD2 hotel complex on Tuesday, people run to safety with the help of emergency services and security officers...
As night falls, anxious family members still waiting for news of their loved ones come to the compound hoping they have escaped the al-Shabab militants...
These two women are overjoyed and relieved to find each other, but some 21 people are now known to have been killed in the attacks and police have made nine arrests.
On Saturday a supporter of Martin Fayulu, the runner-up in the Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, brandishes the national flag during a protest in front of the constitutional court as they wait for him to deliver his appeal contesting December's poll result that gave Félix Tshisekedi victory.
Images courtesy of AFP, EPA, Reuters, Anadolu Agency, Twitter and Getty Images
- Published17 January 2019
- Published16 January 2019
