Curves, crowns and a calabash: Africa's top shots

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A enactment of the week's champion photos from crossed the African continent and beyond:

GORDWIN ODHIAMBO / AFP Ballet students from the Kibera-based Project Elimu lukewarm up up of a nationalist amusement successful Kibera. They are wearing achromatic tulle dresses. GORDWIN ODHIAMBO / AFP

Kenyan ballet pupils rehearse earlier a amusement successful Nairobi's Kibera neighbourhood connected Wednesday.

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On Friday an creator paints a mural of Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif successful her hometown of Tiaret, successful south-western Algeria.

OLI SCARFF / AFP South Africa's Julia Vincent dives into the water. OLI SCARFF / AFP

On the aforesaid time astatine the Olympic Games successful Paris, Julia Vincent represents South Africa successful the women's three-metre springboard diving final.

OUPA BOPAPRE / GETTY IMAGES Ndavi Nokeri during Miss South Africa 2024 astatine Sunbet Arena, Time Square. OUPA BOPAPRE / GETTY IMAGES

The adjacent time successful Pretoria, erstwhile Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri takes to the reddish carpet up of this year's event...

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Mia le Roux was crowned the eventual victor of the contention aft a arguable fewer weeks successful which 1 contestant withdrew pursuing a nationalist backlash implicit her Nigerian roots.

RICCI SHRYOCK / AFP A performer poses successful a accepted Simb costume during a taste amusement astatine Ngor successful Dakar, connected August 12, 2024. The Simbs execute dances and rituals passim the twelvemonth successful Senegal for assorted occasions, specified arsenic Independence Day, summertime schoolhouse break, wrestling matches and more. RICCI SHRYOCK / AFP

On Monday a Simb performer wears look overgarment and a costume successful Senegal's capital, Dakar...

RICCI SHRYOCK / AFP A performer dances successful a accepted Simb costume during a taste amusement astatine Ngor successful Dakar, connected 12 August 2024 RICCI SHRYOCK / AFP

The radical performs connected assorted occasions passim the year, including astatine wrestling matches and connected Independence Day.

AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE / REUTERS A worshipper of Osun prays with an offering successful a calabash astatine slope of the Osun River during the Osun yearly festival astatine the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove successful Osogbo, southwest Nigeria, August 9, 2024. AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE / REUTERS

A worshipper brings offerings successful a calabash to the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove successful Osogbo, south-western Nigeria, connected Friday...

AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE / REUTERS Worshippers of Osun dressed successful matching achromatic enactment successful a procession successful Osogbo. AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE / REUTERS

The yearly Osun festival attracts devotees from acold and wide.

EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP A cosplayer poses for a representation astatine the medieval phantasy just successful Benoni, adjacent Johannesburg connected August 10, 2024. EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP

The adjacent time successful South Africa adjacent Johannesburg, a cosplayer takes portion successful a medieval phantasy fair.

MONIRUL BHUIYAN / AFP Letsile Tebogo poses with his golden Olympic medal successful a stadium successful Gaborone, Botswana. MONIRUL BHUIYAN / AFP

Huge crowds greet Letsile Tebogo connected Tuesday successful Gaborone aft the Botswana sprinter is crowned the world's fastest antheral implicit 200m astatine the Olympic Games.

SALVATORE DI NOLFI/EPA A pistillate holds up a motion saying 'no war'. It shows an representation of a vessel nether a reddish halt sign. SALVATORE DI NOLFI/EPA

As bid talks statesman connected Wednesday, Sudanese protesters successful Switzerland telephone for an extremity to the civilian warfare successful their location country.

AHMED GAMAL / GETTY IMAGES A idiosyncratic holds jasmine petals successful their hand. AHMED GAMAL / GETTY IMAGES

Workers harvest delicate jasmine petals adjacent the Nile delta successful Egypt connected Sunday.

AHMED MOSAAD / GETTY IMAGES A idiosyncratic is playing with a laser portion watching the postulation and stars successful Faiyum, Egypt, connected 13 August. AHMED MOSAAD / GETTY IMAGES

And successful the aforesaid state days later, a antheral plays with a laser arsenic radical look to the nighttime entity for a presumption of the Milky Way.