Finery and frailty: Africa’s top shots
Written by BBC on October 24, 2025
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
The Cape Town International Kite Festival draws enthusiasts to this beach in South Africa on Tuesday.
The next day in Nigeria, models take part in a so-called Trashion Show…
The showcase in Lagos is run by an environmental group.
On Tuesday, an Algerian Sahrawi woman proudly showcases her jewellery at the National Cultural Festival of Women’s Creativity in Algiers.
In Madagascar on Friday this endangered native bird – known as the short-legged ground roller – feasts on a pimple-nose chameleon and lives to see another day.
Cameroon’s Ruben Sodea vaults into the air at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Indonesia on Monday.
Senegal’s fiercely competitive canoe races off the coast of Dakar are a yearly attraction. Saturday’s regatta once again attracted cheering crowds.
Later that day in Nigeria, clubbers enjoy Lagos’ buzzing nightlife…
This club in the Ikoyi neighbourhood features cabaret.
Grand-Bassam in Ivory Coat once again plays host to the Abissa festival on Saturday…
Making a grand entrance was Nanan Awoulae Desire Amon Tanoe. He is king of the N’Zima people of Grand Bassam, and president of Ivory Coast’s chamber of kings and traditional chiefs.
Model-turned-actress Anyier Anei smiles at the premier of her debut film, Couture, in Italy on Friday. The South Sudanese newcomer stars alongside Angelina Jolie.
Campaign billboards for former-First Lady Simone Ehivet Gbagbo are posted around Abidjan ahead of Saturday’s presidential election in Ivory Coast.
Protesters in Gabes, southern Tunisia, say a local chemical factory is causing them health issues and must be shut down.
On Tuesday, opposition protesters barricade roads in the northern Cameroonian city of Garoua, accusing the ruling party of rigging elections to keep 92-year-old President Biya in power. It has denied any wrongdoing. Official results are to be announced on Monday.
And on Friday, boys play with a mobile phone in Madagascar’s coastal city of Toliara.
