Revivals and farewells: Africa's top shots

Natasha Booty

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

Boys wearing blue body paint contort themselves into different shapes.EMMANUEL ADEGBOYE / EPA

Performers from the Innovate Dance Company put on a novel show in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday.

A woman wears a silver, multi-pronged headdress which trails large stars.ANGELA WEISS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Ethiopian model Awar Odhiang takes to the catwalk in celestial headgear in the US on Wednesday.

A woman wearing a bronze-coloured top and trousers stands next to draped pieces of colourful fabric while having her photo taken.TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Upcycled fashion is the star of this event on Saturday in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi...

A man wearing studded clothing tends to a man wearing a blond wig and denim jacket.TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Morgan Azedy (right) was among the designers taking part in Wasteland Gikomba Fashion.

Protesters dance and smile behind a marching bad who wear matching red clothes.LUIS TATO / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Marching bands provide a triumphant soundtrack to street rallies in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, on Monday...

A boy sits on a traffic wall as tyres burn either side in the background. His expression is inquisitive.LUIS TATO / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Weeks of protests across the nation led by young people, later joined by politicians and factions of the military, culminated in a coup d'etat on Tuesday and the installation of a new military leader.

A woman places her hands on a mural depicting Raila Odinga and wails.MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS

News of Raila Odinga's death at the age of 80 triggers an outpouring of grief in Kenya on Wednesday. Many thousands of people gathered to mourn the hugely popular opposition figure...

A man climbs up a tall pole with the parliament tower seen behind it.MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS

One mourner even scaled this pole outside parliament in Nairobi.

A man walks past a painted wall depicting afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

The day before in Lagos, visitors take in the Fela Kuti Afrobeat Rebellion exhibition.

Young men celebrate on the streets after the match and wave the national flag. QUEILA FERNANDES / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Overjoyed Cape Verde supporters can hardly believe their eyes on Monday as their team qualify for their first ever football World Cup. These Atlantic Ocean islands with a population of 525,000 are the second-smallest nation to achieve this feat.

A voter casts his ballot at Primary School d'Ekoudou. Colourful paper cut-outs made by children hang from the classroom ceiling. MARCO LONGARI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

This man at a polling station inside a Yaoundé primary school is among millions of Cameroonians voting for their next president on Sunday. No official results have yet been announced, but Issa Tchiroma Bakary has already declared himself the winner - a move that has been condemned by officials and supporters of President Paul Biya.

A man gestures for more building materials from a rooftop.HAMEYE CAPII / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

In the famed Malian city of Timbuktu, it's time for the yearly replastering of Djinguereber Mosque which dates back to the 14th Century and is a Unesco heritage site.

A man sits at the outside the Grand Mosque.MEHMET ASLAN / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES

And on Monday morning in neighbouring Burkina Faso, the sun rises over the Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso, built over 130 years ago.

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