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Africa's week in pictures: 29 March - 4 April 2024

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

News imageCEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES A woman looks out of the window of a house.CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES
A woman looks out of the window in Touba, Senegal, on Sunday...
News imageCEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES Followers of the Baye Fall movement in Touba.CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES
The holy city is hosting pilgrims who belong to the Baye Fall Muslim group, known for their patchwork clothes.
News imageFANNY NOARO-KABRE/AFP A mask made of carved wood and brightly coloured textiles.FANNY NOARO-KABRE/AFP
A man sports a mask representing the antelope during Festimasq, the festival of masks, in central Burkina Faso.
News imageMARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERS Akinrodoye Samuel tackles the 11.8km stretch of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Nigeria, on 30 March.MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERS
Akinrodoye Samuel leaps into a river in the Nigerian city of Lagos, where he is swimming to raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention.
News imagePHILL MAGAKOE/AFP Fans of Tyla pose for a photograph.PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP
On Tuesday in Johannesburg, fans carry photos and memorabilia as they queue to meet South African star of the moment Tyla...
News imagePHILL MAGAKOE/AFP Tyla (R) poses for a selfie with a fan (L).PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP
Some were lucky enough to get selfies with the Grammy-winning singer.
News imageTONY KARUMBA/AFP People take photos out of the windows of a minibus in Naivasha.TONY KARUMBA/AFP
People arrive by minibus to watch the World Rally Championship Safari Rally in Kenya on Sunday.
News imageKHALED ELFIQ/EPA Egyptian women prepare Egyptian butter biscuits, in Tanta, some 100km north of Cairo.KHALED ELFIQ/EPA
Women make kahk, a type of Egyptian butter biscuit, in the town of Tana on Tuesday.
News imageESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS A woman walks past colourful beach huts.ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
Brightly painted beach huts line this part of the coast in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday.
News imageJOHN WESSELS/AFP Bassirou Diomaye Faye (C) and his wives pose after his swearing-in.JOHN WESSELS/AFP
Bassirou Diomaye Faye is sworn in on Tuesday - becoming Senegal's youngest president and the first to be polygamous. It means Senegal has two first ladies - Marie Khone Faye (L) and Absa Faye (R).
News imageMONICAH MWANGI/REUTERS A child holds a candle during Easter vigil mass...MONICAH MWANGI/REUTERS
Young worshippers join an Easter vigil on Saturday at St Joanes in Kenya's capital, Nairobi...
News imageMARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERS The Sacred Heart Catholic Church Players perform "The Passion of Jesus".MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYA/REUTERS
The day before, on Good Friday, a Catholic theatre group in Lagos performs the Passion of Jesus - complete with Roman centurions...
News imageABUBAKER LUBOWA/RETUERS A Catholic devotee attends the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, 29 March.ABUBAKER LUBOWA/RETUERS
While in Uganda, this woman attends a Good Friday procession in the capital, Kampala.
News imageESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS People sit at a long makeshift table in Heideveld on 30 March.ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
And people living in Heideveld, an area of Cape Town, sit down to a meal together on Saturday.

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