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Africa’s week in pictures: 24-30 July 2020
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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Tunisians are getting ready to celebrate Eid by shopping at a livestock market in the capital, Tunis, on Wednesday.
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The day before, in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, this young man is keen to get a ram to the sea to clean it up…
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As all the animals at Dakar’s livestock markets, like this one, have very clean coats before they are sold.
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In Nigeria’s Ogun state this vendor finds time on Wednesday to pose for a photo at the market.
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And this trader in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, looks relaxed on Wednesday ahead of a hoped-for rush of customers for Eid.
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On Monday, Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu is welcomed back to the country for the first time since someone tried to assassinate him.
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In a church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Sunday this woman sings her heart out after the government allowed places of worship to reopen following the coronavirus lockdown…
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But there are strict rules around the reopening of Kenya’s churches, as this nun’s face mask makes clear.
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Even statues are wearing masks as seen here in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, on Monday.
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In Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday, an undertaker is seen take a double precaution of mask and shield at a funeral…
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The country has seen a surge in funerals as it struggles to contain coronavirus…
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So much so that cemeteries see several funerals taking place at the same time.
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Their boat was intercepted trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
Pictures from AFP, EPA and Reuters.