Fashionistas and flippers: Africa's top shots
On Wednesday two Maasai men are photographed applying body art at Sekenani Camp in Kenya...
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On the same day at the same location another man blows smoke as he appears to attempt to make a fire.
Nigerian singer Tems graces the blue carpet at the 2025 Met Gala in New York on Monday, wearing an outfit by British-Ghanaian designer Oswald Boateng...
South African singer Tyla is also spotted in a flowing white Jacquemus dress.
On Sunday in Aswan, Egypt, a man passes an exhibition of handicrafts...
In the same city on the same day a man is photographed inside a stall stocking woven baskets...
Meanwhile in Giza an Egyptian man smiles next to his camel, while standing outside the Zoser Pyramid.
While in the Italian capital Rome on Tuesday, a Nigerian reverend sister chats on the phone, as two other sisters walk by the day before the commencement of the Papal Conclave in the Vatican City...
The conclave concludes just two days later, and workers in Nairobi, Kenya, sort through copies of the Daily Nation newspaper showing the new Pope, Leo XIV - the first US-born leader of the Catholic Church.
There is also white smoke in Dakar, Senegal, where musician Lamine Cissoko is photographed playing the kora at the Stereo Africa Festival in the city's French Institute on Wednesday...
From smoke to salt - Cameroon's Zobel Raoul puts on a performance at the same location on Tuesday.
This woman spreads her wings on Monday as she protests against oil and gas drilling in Cape Town, South Africa.
Afrobeat star Seun Kuti takes to the stage in Florida on Saturday, alongside the Egypt 80 band whilst on their tour - Heavier Yet...
Over in Mbombela, South Africa on the same day, radio presenter Dineo Ranaka smiles for the cameras at the 2025 Metro FM Music Awards.
From poses to backflips - Senegalese footballer Ninou Diatta celebrates after his team scores a goal during a match against Chile at the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup in Seychelles on Tuesday, which saw Senegal win 7-3.
More subdued scenes back in Maasai Mara, Kenya, as this giraffe looks on as a small bird whizzes by on the same day.
And this street preacher gets passionate as he speaks to a group of fishermen in Bujumbura, Burundi, on Friday.
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