Africa’s week in pictures: 27 October – 2 November 2023
A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
Image caption, Artwork by Rashid al-Khalifa appear to hover in the desert near Egypt’s Giza pyramids on Saturday.Image caption, Kenyan soldiers take part in a drill before King Charles on Thursday. The visiting monarch has stopped short of apologising for concentration camps where, 70 years ago, the British subjected Mau Mau anti-colonialists to torture, murder, forced castrations and more.Image caption, Models in Nigeria showcase designs by Bubu Ogisi on Sunday.Image caption, Thoughts turn to loved ones no longer with us on All Saints’ Day – this man tends to a grave in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan.Image caption, In the same city days earlier, playwright and actress Roukiata Ouédraogo takes to the stage.Image caption, Palestinians fleeing the blockade and bombings in Gaza enter Egypt on Wednesday, after a U-turn by Cairo allows refugees through the Rafah border crossing.Image caption, Cameroon’s Francis Ngannou takes a jab at Britain’s Tyson Fury, in a bout on Sunday that many thought he deserved to win.Image caption, Abidjan’s Pagne Festival gathers fabric designers from across Ivory Coast on Saturday.Image caption, Watches and medals belonging to Senegal’s first President Léopold Sédar Senghor are seen at a French auction house on Friday. Their sale was halted days earlier at the request of the Senegalese government, which is lobbying for the objects’ return.Image caption, The next day in Saint Louis in northern Senegal, people watch fishermen practise for a boat race.Image caption, And that evening in France, Captain Siya Kolisi kisses the Rugby World Cup trophy after leading South Africa to victory – and a place in the history books. It is now the only nation to have won the tournament four times.
