Feathers, flags and foam: Africa's top shots

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

GERALD ANDERSON / GETTY IMAGES Two women from the Rendille community stand side-by-side, wearing brightly beaded jewellery and headdresses.

GERALD ANDERSON / GETTY IMAGES Three men from the Rendille community wearing brightly beaded jewellery and feathered headdresses.

AMR ABDALLAH DALSH / REUTERS A man is reflected in a mirror made of recycled car tyres.

HOLLIE ADAMS / REUTERS Shauna-Leigh, 11, holds a flag of Jamaica and La'mya, 13, holds a flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo as they take part in the Children's Day Parade at Notting Hill Carnival. They are pictured posing with their flags on the street, as other people pass by. They are wearing white trainers, pink skirts, purple tops with a jewelled necklace overlaying them, and pink and blue feathered costume pieces that resemble halos around their heads.

PHILIMON BULAWAYO / REUTERS Cosplay player Gabriel Ota walks during an anime, manga and cosplay meeting. He is dressed as popular Japanese action game character, Jin Sakai, the sword-wielding protagonist of Ghost of Tsushima. He is wearing a white samurai outfit made of cardboard and recycled paper.

FRANCK FIFE / AFP The lower bodies of two members of the Mauritius delegation are pictured in a parade at the Place de la Concorde during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. One person sits in a wheelchair wearing blue trousers and white trainers. The other has a prosthetic leg in the colours of Mauritius' national flag - which is yellow, green, red and blue.

MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS A smiling man wearing a sun hat speaks on the phone. He has the skin condition vitiligo.

MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP Men bathe two horses in the Mediterranean sea waters off a beach in Libya's western coastal city of Misrata on August 27, 2024.

FAWAZ OYEDEJI / AFP Chidimma Adetshina smiles for the cameras. She has long, straight, black hair and is wearing a sash.

NIPAH DENNIS / AFP A supporter of the Ghana main opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) wears party gadget glasses with NDC written on the lenses during the electoral manifesto launch ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

YURI KOCHETKOV/EPA Members of the South African Force Band perform during the opening of the International Military Music Festival 'Spasskaya Tower' on the Red Square in Moscow. In the foreground of the picture is a male dancer energetically kicking his leg up high in the air, wearing a leopard-skin outfit and headdress. In the background are members of the South African Force Band. One is playing a trumpet. They are wearing blue jackets with gold trims.

OUPA BOPAPE / GETTY IMAGES KB Motsilanyane and dancers on stage at the 7th Royalty Soapie Awards at Heartfelt Arena. KB Motsilanyane is wearing a glittery silver top and long, orange, see-through skirt with flowers on it.

ANTONIA SEMPERE / AFP African migrants, part of a group of 242 migrants onboard two boats, arrive onboard a boat at La Restinga port on the Canary island of El Hierro.

BADRU KATUMBA / AFP Ugandan police arrest an environmental activist during a protest in Kampala against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project. The protestor is on the floor and has his mouth open, as if he is shouting, while members of the police grip his shirt.

AFP Men create a make-shift levee out of mudbrick amidst flooding in the area of Messawi near Meroe.

EL TAYEB SIDDIG / REUTERS A survivor is being helped to climb a wall. Behind him is muddy, brown water.

EL TAYEB SIDDIG / REUTERS Three people shelter from the sun inside a cement pipe.

ESA ALEXANDER / REUTERS Sea foam is pictured next to a fence at Three Anchor Bay.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

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