Blue skies and bitter tears: Africa's top shots

FAREED KOTB/GETTY IMAGES A man in brown robes stands at the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple. FAREED KOTB/GETTY IMAGES

Temple guardian Abdel Karim greets visitors who have come to witness the sun's rays light up the statue of Pharaoh Ramses II in Egypt on Tuesday. The solar alignment only happens twice a year.

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MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP Participants practice traditional basketry during the Ghadames Festival. MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP

Women weave baskets during a cultural festival in the Libyan city of Ghadames on Wednesday...

MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP Musicians dressed in traditional attire play during the Ghadames Festival celebrating the cultural and artistic heritage of the Libyan city. MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP

Music is also a part of the celebrations...

MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP Girls dressed in traditional attire pose for a picture during the Ghadames Festival celebrating the cultural and artistic heritage of the Libyan city. MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP

And these girls dress in finery for the occasion.

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A curious collection of phones on a wall are part of the guided tour at Morocco's Atlas Studios in the city of Ouarzazate on Monday.

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Young Buddhist monks line up to a receive an offering from the community as part of Kathina festivities on Sunday in Entebbe, Uganda.

ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS Journalists photograph kites during a practice run at Dolphin Beach ahead of this weekend's 30th Cape Town International Kite Festival, an awareness campaign for World Mental Health Day where kite enthusiasts gather to fly colourful kites to raise funds for mental health support, in Cape Town, South Africa, October 22. ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS

It's time for a quick practice on Tuesday ahead of the Cape Town International Kite Festival...

ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS Tunisia's Afef Sebti and Amelia Amira prepare their kite at Dolphin Beach ahead of this weekend's 30th Cape Town International Kite Festival, an awareness campaign for World Mental Health Day where kite enthusiasts gather to fly colourful kites to raise funds for mental health support, in Cape Town, South Africa. ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS

These women have travelled from Tunisia to take part in the annual event in South Africa, which raises money for mental health services.

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Artists perform during the Abidjan Border Forum in Ivory Coast on Wednesday.

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Evidence of last month's floods linger in a corner of the Sahara Desert in south-eastern Morocco on Sunday...

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This school in Senegal flooded last week and the water is still ankle-deep as of Tuesday...

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP Residents sit in a pirogue as they move between submerged houses in the flooded area of Adankolo in Lokoja, Kogi state, Nigeria. OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP

Many Nigerians have also suffered heavy flooding, including these people in Kogi state using a canoe to get around town on Monday.

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Zambia's Under-17 women's World Cup football team arrive in good spirits ahead of their match against Japan in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday.

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On Saturday, Eritrean cyclist Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier competes in China's Tour Of Guangxi.

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Mourners hold this photo of top opposition aides Paulo Guambe and Elvino Dias who were gunned down last week following a disputed general election...

SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS Esmerada Gonsalves, widow of murdered Podemos lawyer Elvino Dias , cries during his funeral at the Paroquia Nossa Senhora do Rosario church, in Laulane township, in Maputo. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

Esmerada Gonsalves, the widow of Elvino Dias, attends his funeral on Wednesday in Maputo.

LUIS TATP/AFP Nairobi County emergency responders inspect the rubble of a collapsed residential building at Kahawa West residential area in Nairobi on October 20, 2024. Response teams were responding to a building collapse in Nairobi, where people are feared trapped despite a vacation notice. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) LUIS TATP/AFP

A catastrophic building collapse on Sunday in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, leaves two people trapped.

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KIM LUDBROOK/EPA A runner jogs under Jacaranda trees in bloom in the Melville suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. This species is not indigenous to South Africa and was introduced from Brazil in 1829. The flowering trees are seen as the sign of the beginning of summer. KIM LUDBROOK/EPA