A selection of photos from across Africa this week:
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Drummers perform at the swearing in of the new governor of Lagos state in Nigeria on Wednesday. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption While in Gweru, delegates from Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) cast their ballots to elect a new party president on Sunday… Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The night is long for the MDC delegates, who await the results into the early morning hours of Monday. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption A soldier sports some striking military fatigues in Malawi, as President Peter Mutharika took the oath of office in Blantyre on Tuesday. Image copyrightEPAImage caption A protester wrapped in the Algerian flag and holding a red flower and a placard stands in front of policemen during a demonstration calling for the departure of the government in Algiers on Friday. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption This photo taken on Friday shows how water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic plant, is spreading aggressively through the entire Lagos coastline in Nigeria and across riverine communities in the country, causing serious problems for fishermen and making transportation difficult. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption A man walks his donkey across the dried-up Merille River in northern Kenya on Friday. Image copyrightEPAImage caption While an Egyptian man jumps into the river with his horse to cool off as temperature in Cairo rises to 45 Celsius on Friday. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption A heated exchange of gunfires ensues in Libya between fighters loyal to the internationally recognised government and forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, in Tripoli on Saturday… Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption While on the other side of Tripoli, Libyan youngsters jump high as they play a game of basketball on Monday. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Also soaring are planes flying past at the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as South African president at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria on Saturday. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The high hopes of Kenya’s LGBTQ community are dashed as the High Court refused to scrap laws criminalising homosexuality on Friday. Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption A woman has make-up applied to her face to look like an injury to protest against violence against women in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday.
