Fire, fairies, and festivities: Africa’s top shots

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14 March 2025ShareSaveDanai Nesta KupembaBBC NewsShareSave

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

A young woman attends the week-long Gada ceremony, which is the official transfer of power from one customary ruler to his successor, near the Ethiopian town of Arero on Sunday.

On the same day, cyclists wear fairy wings as they compete in the annual Cape Town Cycle Tour on Sunday.

Fire breathers impress the crowd at the closing ceremony of the Ecowas Africa Wrestling Tournament, which brings together the best wrestlers from across West Africa, in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

Sudanese men get ready to break their fast during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, on Friday.

In Senegal's holy city of Touba, disciples from the Baye Fall group, a branch of the Muslim Mouride brotherhood, perform religious chants during Ramadan.

A barber concentrates intensely while he cuts renowned visual artist Coster Ojwang's hair at the relaunch of the Barber Yao shop, in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.

The Hindu festival of Holi is in full swing in the South African city of Johannesburg on Sunday as three dancers, pretty in pink, get ready to light up the stage with their vibrant moves…

Celebrations continue, a few days later in Durban, which has one of the largest population of Indian origin outside India itself, where a young girl has powder paint thrown on her.

Senegalese comedians take part in a performance based on the classic novel L'Aventure Ambiguë – about a young boy who loses touch with his roots – by Cheikh Hamidou Kane, in the capital, Dakar.

Members of the Netos de Bandim, a cultural group in Guinea-Bissau, take part in the annual street carnival to showcase their heritage.

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