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

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

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

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. [JOSE COELHO / EPA]

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. [GERALD ANDERSON / GETTY IMAGES]

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. [LUC GNAGO / REUTERS]

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. [LEFTY SHIVAMBU / 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. [GERALD ANDERSON / 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. [ADEKUNLE AJAYI / GETTY IMAGES]

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. [OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP]

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. [JAMES KAMAU WAKIBIA / 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. [ALI MOUSTAFA / GETTY IMAGES]

Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr poses at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris - Saturday 28 September 2024

On Satuday in France, Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr poses on the red carpet at a Paris Fashion Week event. [GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP ]

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. [OUPA BOPAPE / EPA]

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. [JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP]

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. [REUTERS]

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. [OUSMANE MAKAVELI / AFP]

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. [BRIAN OTIENO / GETTY IMAGES]

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. [RICCI SHRYOCK / AFP]

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. [EVRARD NGENDAKUMANA / 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. [ESA ALEXANDER / REUTERS]

From the BBC in Africa this week:

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