Africa’s week in pictures: 25

By helptopalestinenews

August 4, 2025

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

Bathers float on salt lakes in the Siwa Oasis, north-western Egypt, on Monday.

FAREED KOTB / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES Two men in swimming shorts float on turquoise-colour waters. The banks have salt-encrusted edges. — Bathers float on salt lakes in the Siwa Oasis, north-western Egypt, on Monday.

Further east the next day, bioluminescence is captured underwater in the Red Sea…

TAHSIN CEYLAN / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES A blue and black fish swims amid a bright violet seabed. — Further east the next day, bioluminescence is captured underwater in the Red Sea…

TAHSIN CEYLAN / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES A hawksbill sea turtle swims amid a neon green background.

Hundreds of country music-lovers head to International Cowboy Day in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, on Saturday.

FREDRIK LERNERYD / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Revellers line dance during the International Cowboy Day at Ngong race course. They wave cowboy hats and bandannas in the air. — Hundreds of country music-lovers head to International Cowboy Day in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, on Saturday.

On the same day, young ballerinas warm up at Mballet Dance Academy in South Africa’s Thembisa township.

PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Three girls wearing white leotards and tutus stretch their arms out. — On the same day, young ballerinas warm up at Mballet Dance Academy in South Africa’s Thembisa township.

In the same country days later, ostriches wander around a farm in Oudtshoorn.

GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Ostriches walk in a field at sunset. — In the same country days later, ostriches wander around a farm in Oudtshoorn.

As the rainy season starts in Senegal, high priests from the Lebou community gather for a divination ceremony on Sunday. Known as satigues, they deliver predictions on events that may occur in the coming year.

PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Three men dressed in boubous, tall red hats and carrying batons, pose for a photograph next to a body of water. — As the rainy season starts in Senegal, high priests from the Lebou community gather for a divination ceremony on Sunday. Known as satigues, they deliver predictions on events that may occur in the coming year.

ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Nigeria midfielder Rinsola Babajide run across the pitch with the national flag after winning.

Contestants from Cameroon (L) and Nigeria get ready to take each other on at the Africa Armwrestling Championship in Abuja on Friday. Here the referee checks the position of their hands before the bout begins.

MARVELLOUS DUROWAIYE / REUTERS A referee checks the positions of the hands of two armwrestlers. — Contestants from Cameroon (L) and Nigeria get ready to take each other on at the Africa Armwrestling Championship in Abuja on Friday. Here the referee checks the position of their hands before the bout begins.

The following day in Tunisia, people dressed as thespians wave from this float at the Aoussou Carnival in Sousse.

MOHAMED MESSARA / EPA People dressed in white togas and Venetian ball attire stand on a moving float that has Greco-Roman columns in the background. — The following day in Tunisia, people dressed as thespians wave from this float at the Aoussou Carnival in Sousse.

AMPE ROGERIO / EPA Police officers wearing riot gear and shield form a blockade on a road.

Passengers on this bus returning to Khartoum on Monday are among the more than 12 million people who have been forced from their homes since Sudan’s civil war began over two years ago. Famine and genocide have taken hold in parts of the country, according to the UN and US respectively.

AFP via GETTY IMAGES A man moves bags tied to the top of a bus as cargo. — Passengers on this bus returning to Khartoum on Monday are among the more than 12 million people who have been forced from their homes since Sudan’s civil war began over two years ago. Famine and genocide have taken hold in parts of the country, according to the UN and US respectively.

And as the sun sets over the Libyan coast on Friday, people bathe in the sea off Tripoli.

MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES People swim in the sea at sunset. A woman wearing an abaya and hijab can be seen in the foreground standing in the water up to her ankles. — And as the sun sets over the Libyan coast on Friday, people bathe in the sea off Tripoli.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

Getty Images/BBC A woman looking at her mobile phone and the graphic BBC News Africa

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