Fasting, fabrics and ferocity

Terry Paul

A selection of photos from across Africa this week:

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Image caption A Muslim boy reads the Koran in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast between sunrise and sunset…
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Image caption On the same day, Muslim worshippers gather to mark the 1,079th anniversary of the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, before breaking their fast.
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Image caption Thousands of miles away on Ibo Island, Mozambican Muslims share a bottle of water to break the fast before the sunset prayer, on Monday.
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Image caption On Friday, protesters thirsty for change wave the Algerian flag beneath a shower of water in the capital Algiers.
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Image caption While Somali women roll up the sleeves of their Islamic gowns and organise food for Iftar (breaking the fast) prepared by Turkish aid group TDV in Mogadishu on Wednesday.
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Image caption A woman pauses for a cheeky smile as she carries her baby on her back in Harare, Zimbabwe on Saturday.
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Image caption And South African supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) engage in some cheeky moves as they wait for the speech of President Cyril Ramaphosa outside the ANC’s headquarters in Johannesburg on Sunday.
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Image caption It takes a whole village to dance with a gulewamkulu “beast spirit”… Supporters of Lazarus Chakwera, leader of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the main opposition party, dance in the capital Lilongwe on Sunday.
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Image caption But the mood is more sombre in DR Congo on Friday, as three children are seen through the broken window of a bus transporting South Sudanese refugees from the border to the Congolese town of Biringi…
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Image caption While this South Sudanese refugee woman showcases her colourful dress in a refugee settlement in Biringi, DR Congo, on Saturday.
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Image caption A Zimbabwean woman plaits a baby girl’s hair in the capital, Harare, on Monday.
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Image caption And Nigerian women protest against gender-based discrimination in Abuja on Friday.
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Image caption The road is long… A protester walks along the blocked railway track leading to the protest site in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, on Sunday.

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