A number of the week’s finest images from throughout the African continent and past:
On Saturday, the extremely anticipated Miss Universe Nigeria competitors is in full swing as contestants prepare backstage… [Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA]
The competitors is fierce as contributors put their finest foot ahead to win the crown… [Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA]
In an emotional finish to the pageant, Chidimma Adetshina, the South African magnificence queen who confronted xenophobic abuse wins the title [Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP ]
On Tuesday, a former circus animal, named Charley, roams round their new retirement house on a South African sport reserve in Limpopo after years of performing. [EPA]
The subsequent day, youngsters maintain the flags of Chinese language and African nations to welcome the continent’s leaders at a banquet within the capital Beijing… [Andres Martinez Casares / Reuters]
It was all a part of the leisure for these attending the China-Africa summit. [VCG / Getty Images]
On Saturday, Namibia’s Lahja Ishitile crumbles to the ground along with her information Sem Shimanda after profitable the Girls’s 400m last on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games. [Franck Fife / AFP]
A Ugandan police officer detains a lady on Monday collaborating in a “bare protest” in opposition to corruption exterior parliament within the capital, Kampala. [Abubaker Lubowa/ Reuters]
On the identical day, members of a royal regiment in Eswatini – Africa’s final absolute monarchy – are seen on the final day of a cultural competition on the Ludzidzini Royal Palace. [Emmanuel Croset / AFP]
And on Wednesday on a avenue in Gadaref in Sudan, a Sufi man performs a conventional dance throughout a Muslim competition to mark the start of the Prophet Muhammed. [AFP]
From the BBC in Africa this week:
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