A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week:
Models wait to go out on the catwalk at Kinshasa fashion week in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday… It can take many seamstresses making last-minute adjustments to get a model ready. On the same day, an elephant in Abidjan in Ivory Coast stretches its trunk to get to another trunk – of a car where zoo workers have its food. Kenyan-born cyclist Chris Froome stretched himself too – to win the Tour de France. He stands here on the centre podium in the French capital, Paris, Sunday – his second time to win the cycling race. On the same day, a man poses in front of a glitzy placard in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, nearby a stadium that US President Barack Obama was about to visit… The US leader, whose father is Kenyan, was introduced at the stadium to an audience of young people by his half-sister Auma… Afterwards, they clamber to shake hands with Mr Obama, who urged Kenyans to tackle corruption and overcome tribalism and gender discrimination. On Monday, a man waits at Burundi’s National Assembly as MPs sit for the first day following parliamentary and presidential elections. President Pierre Nkurunziza won a controversial third term. A woman makes her way down many stairs in the Algerian capital, Algiers, on Tuesday. On the same day, a former official from Col Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in Libya stares at the camera as others listen to the verdict for crimes committed during the 2011 uprising. Defence ministers from Spain, Austria and Germany meet the Malian forces on Tuesday in the capital, Bamako as the leadership of European army training is passed from Spain to Germany. The next day, a more colourful array of berets is on display as Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, in white, visits his Cameroonian counterpart President Paul Biya. And a Ghanaian embroiderer is pictured busy sewing on Wednesday in a traditional clothing shop in the South African city of Cape Town… The store on Long Street in the centre of the city is famous for is array of outfits – many with a strong West African fashion influence.
