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Revivals and farewells: Africa’s top shots

Written by BBC on October 17, 2025

ANGELA WEISS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A woman wears a silver, multi-pronged headdress which trails large stars. — Ethiopian model Awar Odhiang takes to the catwalk in celestial headgear in the US on Wednesday.

TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A woman wearing a bronze-coloured top and trousers stands next to draped pieces of colourful fabric while having her photo taken. — TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Upcycled fashion is the star of this event on Saturday in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi…

TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A man wearing studded clothing tends to a man wearing a blond wig and denim jacket. — Morgan Azedy (right) was among the designers taking part in Wasteland Gikomba Fashion.

LUIS TATO / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Protesters dance and smile behind a marching bad who wear matching red clothes. — Marching bands provide a triumphant soundtrack to street rallies in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, on Monday…

LUIS TATO / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A boy sits on a traffic wall as tyres burn either side in the background. His expression is inquisitive. — Weeks of protests across the nation led by young people, later joined by politicians and factions of the military, culminated in a coup d’etat on Tuesday and the installation of a new military leader.

MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS A woman places her hands on a mural depicting Raila Odinga and wails. — News of Raila Odinga’s death at the age of 80 triggers an outpouring of grief in Kenya on Wednesday. Many thousands of people gathered to mourn the hugely popular opposition figure…

MONICAH MWANGI / REUTERS A man climbs up a tall pole with the parliament tower seen behind it. — One mourner even scaled this pole outside parliament in Nairobi.

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A man walks past a painted wall depicting afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. — The day before in Lagos, visitors take in the Fela Kuti Afrobeat Rebellion exhibition.

QUEILA FERNANDES / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Young men celebrate on the streets after the match and wave the national flag. — Overjoyed Cape Verde supporters can hardly believe their eyes on Monday as their team qualify for their first ever football World Cup. These Atlantic Ocean islands with a population of 525,000 are the second-smallest nation to achieve this feat.

MARCO LONGARI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A voter casts his ballot at Primary School d'Ekoudou. Colourful paper cut-outs made by children hang from the classroom ceiling. — This man at a polling station inside a Yaoundé primary school is among millions of Cameroonians voting for their next president on Sunday. No official results have yet been announced, but Issa Tchiroma Bakary has already declared himself the winner – a move that has been condemned by officials and supporters of President Paul Biya.

HAMEYE CAPII / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A man gestures for more building materials from a rooftop. — In the famed Malian city of Timbuktu, it’s time for the yearly replastering of Djinguereber Mosque which dates back to the 14th Century and is a Unesco heritage site.

MEHMET ASLAN / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES A man sits at the outside the Grand Mosque. — And on Monday morning in neighbouring Burkina Faso, the sun rises over the Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso, built over 130 years ago.

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