Africa’s top shots: 11 -17 October 2019

Africa

A selection of photos from across Africa, and of Africans elsewhere, this week:

A woman wearing an intricate red fascinator and red, lip-shaped sunglasses smiles. Image copyright AFP
Image caption A reveller smiles for the cameras at Uganda’s Royal Ascot Goat Race on Saturday. The annual event began in 1993 as a parody of the UK’s famous horse race.
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Three difference designs are showcased by model at the Taússy Daniel show during Johannesburg Fashion Week. Image copyright Gallo Images
Image caption Also on Saturday, models for Mozambican designer Taússy Daniel strike poses on the catwalk at AFI Johannesburg Fashion Week…
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Hair and make-up artists work on a model backstage. Image copyright Gallo Images
Image caption Another model has her hair and make-up tended to backstage…
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Ndlovu Youth Choir are pictured signing and dancing, in mathcing outfits, on stage. Image copyright Gallo Images
Image caption Also at the event were the Ndlovu Youth Choir, seen here performing for attendees…
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Model wear bright blue and neon green dresses on the catwalk. Image copyright Gallo Images
Image caption While frothy tulle designs by House Of Jahdara were among the pieces on display.
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Ben Enwonwu's painting Africa Dances is seen on a wall. A woman is seen, out-of-focus, looking at the piece. Image copyright Gallo Images
Image caption Africa Dance by late Nigerian painter Ben Enwonwu is seen on Saturday at Sotheby’s auction house in London. Days later the artwork sold for £471,000 ($604,300) – more than twice its estimate.
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Identical twin sisters wearing matching jewellery and hairstyles smile for the camera. Image copyright AFP
Image caption Identical twin sisters Kehinde Olofin (L) and Taye Olofin take part in the Igbo-Ora World Twins festival on Saturday…
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Identical twin brothers stand next to each and pose for the camera. Image copyright AFP
Image caption Alese Kehinde Akat (L) and Alese Taiwo also attend…
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A mother kisses one of her twins during the Igbo-Ora World Twins festival. Image copyright AFP
Image caption The event is held in a part of south-western Nigeria reputed to have one of the highest incidences of multiple births in the world.
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A boy holds up a handmade sign in the stands at a football match. Image copyright Allsport Co.
Image caption At Nigeria’s football friendly against Brazil in Singapore on Sunday, a boy holds up a sign in Portuguese that reads “Neymar can I have your shirt, I’m your biggest fan”.
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Entle Maungwa holds a kata stance. Image copyright Getty Images
Image caption The day before, Entle Maungwa of Botswana is seen competing in the karate kata category at the ANOC World Beach Games in Qatar.
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A wrestler grips the thigh of his opponent, who in turn is balancing his body weight with one hand on the ground. Image copyright Anadolu Agency
Image caption Nuba-style wrestlers fight in front of a packed-out crowd in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, on Friday.
Hundreds of people in Eldoret watch Eliud Kipchoge's race against time on a screen. Image copyright AFP
Image caption Rapt supporters near Eliud Kipchoge’s training camp in western Kenya watch live TV coverage on Saturday as the athlete attempts to become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. Kipchoge succeeded – clocking a time of 1:59:40 in Austria.
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Hilda Flavia Nakabuye is comforted by two other attendees as she speak at C40 Copenhagen. Image copyright Getty Images
Image caption Ugandan activist Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, 22, is visibly moved at a summit in Denmark on Friday as she describes the effects of the global climate crisis on her community. “Dry spells left the stream dry and my parents had to sell off our land – when the money [finished] it was a question of survival or death,” she said.
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Two female officers in army fatigue are seen on a vehicle, smiling as they take a selfie. Image copyright AFP
Image caption Tunisian military officers take a selfie while escorting sealed voting materials to a polling station in the capital on Saturday, ahead of a presidential vote-off later won by retired law professor Kais Saied.
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Two men are seen wearing studded leather jackets and trousers. One of them has a painted face, is sticking his tongue out, and making the sign of the horns with his hand. Image copyright AFP
Image caption And on Sunday in Botswana, supporters join a rally for Tshekedi Khama – the brother of former President Ian Khama – who is standing as a parliamentary candidate in next week’s elections.

Images courtesy of AFP, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images, Gallo Images and Allsport Co.