Fans, food and fast feet: Africa's top shots

Natasha Booty

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

A woman poses for the camera wearing an imposing black and white dress and golden headdress.OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

On Saturday in Lagos, Nigeria, 23-year-old gaming fan Toni Olaguniu dresses up as Mother Miranda from the Resident Evil at Comic Con....

A man poses for the camera wearing white face paint and a toy sword.OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Also at the event is 24-year-old Toby Adekunle, in character as Ekko from the League of Legends video game...

A man and a woman dressed in bright clothes and wigs.EMMANUEL ADEGBOYE / EPA

Comic Con brings together super-fans of comic books, animation, films, gaming and more in various cities around the world each year.

People stand around the rim of a huge pot of jollof rice and stir it using long ladles.APTN

On Friday, Nigerian chef Hilda Baci and team succeed in their attempt at making the world's biggest vat of jollof rice on record, weighing almost nine tonnes.

Women stand behind a large pot of food.TERESA SUAREZ / EPA

The nest day in Paris, France, these women prepare Ivorian food as part of more than 60 countries taking part in the so-called Gastronomic Village.

A woman lie face down on a race track.ANTONIN THUILLIER / AFP

After setting a new personal best in a gruelling 3000m steeplechase in Japan, Ethiopia's Sembo Almayew appears in need of immediate rest.

Beatrice Chebet crosses the finish line.JEWEL SAMAD / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Also at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday, Beatrice Chebet of Kenya is second to none as she triumphs in the 10,000m race.

Women wearing matching red dresses bearing the president's face dance in circles.AMOS GUMULIRA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Supporters of Malawi's governing MCP wear their colours at a campaign rally on Saturday. By the following Thursday, official results for the presidential election still had not been released, yet allies of the president and the main opposition leader both claimed victory.

Brightly coloured cloths are suspended from the ceiling of a large greenhouse. BEN WHITLEY / PA Wire

Nigerian artist and environmentalist Nnenna Okoreon displays this piece at London's Kew Gardens on Thursday. Named Between Earth and Sky, it represents the relationship between plants, textiles and sustainability.

A boy balances four pigeons on his arm and head.FEISAL OMAR / REUTERS

The day before in Mogadishu, Somalia, 17-year-old Zakaria Mohamed tends to the pigeons he looks out for in his local neighbourhood.

Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo smiles on stage.ROCCO SPAZIANI / MONDADORI PORTFOLIO / GETTY IMAGES

And on Saturday, Beninese diva Angélique Kidjo brings the house down during a concert at the Vatican. She recently told the BBC "being on stage is like breathing for me".

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