Joy, fashion fluff and chocolate stuff: Africa's top shots
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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](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/8d14/live/ff64a810-819d-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg)
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.
![Girls pose for a photo next to a red car - Sunday 29 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/5630/live/974324e0-81ad-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.jpg)
Classic cars go on show at this event in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday. It attracted visitors and competitors from across East Africa.
![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](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1056/cpsprodpb/c425/live/42738ea0-819e-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg)
In Ivory Coast on Saturday, a model wears this dress made of chocolates during National Cocoa and Chocolate Days.
![A model wears clothing by Imprint by Mzukisi Mbane - Saturday 28 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/deb6/live/18617230-819e-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.jpg)
South Africa Fashion Week is in full swing in Johannesburg...
![Models walk the catwalk on Saturday, wear Imprint by Mzukisi Mbane - Saturday 28 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/fe4c/live/0305ffd0-81a0-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.jpg)
These designs are from Imprint by Mzukisi Mbane...
![A model walks runway wearing Essie Apparel by Enhle Mbali - Saturday 28 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/b91d/live/53647e20-81a0-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.jpg)
And these shoes are from the Essie Apparel collection by Enhle Mbali.
![Workers at a car repair shop in Nairobi - Friday 27 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/a98a/live/2d53ecc0-81a0-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.jpg)
Mechanics get to work in Nairobi on Friday, fixing cars and recycling parts.
![A man shouts out the window of a yellow vehicle - Tuesday 1 October 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/b4b5/live/a2b472a0-81a0-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg)
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.
![People dance in unison - Sunday 29 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/adfb/live/b48c78b0-81a0-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.jpg)
Days earlier in the same city, people take part in the Slum Party dance festival...
![A DJ plays music from decks, illuminated by green lights - Sunday 29 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/f10d/live/c8550420-81a0-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg)
The group say they use performance art to "redefine the perception" of informal settlements in Nigeria.
![A group of Pelicans at Lake Nakuru National Park - Saturday 28 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/f460/live/e03ded40-81a0-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.jpg)
Pelicans huddle on the water at Kenya's Lake Nakuru National Park on Saturday.
![A hunter collects migratory birds from a net - Wednesday 2 October 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/5d99/live/2e9c7ce0-81a1-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg)
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.
![Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr poses at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris - Saturday 28 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/8720/live/39e6fd30-819e-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.jpg)
On Satuday in France, Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr poses on the red carpet at a Paris Fashion Week event.
![Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara sings and plays guitar on stage - Saturday 28 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/9cdc/live/4b700d00-81ab-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.jpg)
Malian musician Fatoumata Diawara performs at the Joy of Jazz festival in Sandton, South Africa, on Saturday.
![Ethiopia's Milkesa Mengesha lays on the ground - Sunday 29 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/bf66/live/90487780-8180-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.jpg)
Ethiopia's Milkesa Mengesha collapses on the ground with relief after winning the Berlin Marathon in Germany on Sunday.
![A woman reacts after her family member died - Thursday 3 October 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/3804/live/eac065d0-81a1-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.jpg)
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.
![Boys sit on pirogues in the flooded area of the Kalaban Koro district in Bamako - Wednesday 2 October 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/8308/live/7e87aa80-81a2-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.jpg)
The day before in Mali's capital city Bamako, children sit in canoes on flooded roads.
![Women dressed in matching clothes stand together, singing and dancing - Wednesday 2 October 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/8075/live/e955b9a0-819e-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg)
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.
![Women tend to a child as they sell peanuts at an outdoor market in Bissau- Monday 30 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/eeed/live/4c9c6e20-81a2-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.jpg)
On Monday, women sell peanuts at a market in Guinea-Bissau's capital, Bissau.
![A 35-year-old man and his son in Bujumbura, Burundi - Tuesday 1 October 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/725c/live/211bfc00-819f-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.jpg)
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.
![Margaret Maritz with her two daughters, Getryda Maritz, 81, and Liza Daniels, 67 - Friday 27 September 2024](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/53e8/live/d52f6580-8198-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.jpg)
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.
From the BBC in Africa this week:
![A woman looking at her mobile phone and the graphic BBC News Africa](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/0a19/live/7c722dc0-089d-11ef-b9d8-4f52aebe147d.jpg)
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