News Africa’s week in pictures: 29 March By David Ikenna - April 5, 2024 0 16 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond: A woman looks out of the window in Touba, Senegal, on Sunday… [CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES] The holy city is hosting pilgrims who belong to the Baye Fall Muslim group, known for their patchwork clothes. [CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES] A man sports a mask representing the antelope during Festimasq, the festival of masks, in central Burkina Faso. [FANNY NOARO-KABRE/AFP] Akinrodoye Samuel leaps into a river in the Nigerian city of Lagos, where he is swimming to raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention. [MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERS] On Tuesday in Johannesburg, fans carry photos and memorabilia as they queue to meet South African star of the moment Tyla… [PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP] Some were lucky enough to get selfies with the Grammy-winning singer. [PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP] People arrive by minibus to watch the World Rally Championship Safari Rally in Kenya on Sunday. [TONY KARUMBA/AFP] Women make kahk, a type of Egyptian butter biscuit, in the town of Tana on Tuesday. [KHALED ELFIQ/EPA] Brightly painted beach huts line this part of the coast in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday. [ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS] Bassirou Diomaye Faye is sworn in on Tuesday – becoming Senegal’s youngest president and the first to be polygamous. It means Senegal has two first ladies – Marie Khone Faye (L) and Absa Faye (R). [JOHN WESSELS/AFP] Young worshippers join an Easter vigil on Saturday at St Joanes in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi… [MONICAH MWANGI/REUTERS] The day before, on Good Friday, a Catholic theatre group in Lagos performs the Passion of Jesus – complete with Roman centurions… [MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERS] While in Uganda this woman attends a Good Friday procession in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. [ABUBAKER LUBOWA/RETUERS] And people living in Heideveld, an area of Cape Town, sit down to a meal together on Saturday. [ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS] Images subject to copyright Source link