Saturday 3 October 2020

Africa's week in pictures: 25 September-1 October 2020

BBC AFRIKA

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

Nigerian Airforce Planes fly past a Nigerian 60th anniversary banner at the Aso-Rock in Abuja, Nigeria during the countrys 60th Independence Celebration on October 1, 2020.image copyrightGetty Images
image captionNigerian Airforce planes fly past a 60th anniversary banner at Aso Rock in the capital, Abuja, on Thursday, as the nation celebrates 60 years of independence...
A member of Independence Band performs at the Eagles Square in Abuja, Nigeria during the country's 60th Independence Celebration on October 1, 2020image copyrightGetty Images
image captionThis woman, dressed in the colours of the Nigerian flag, takes part in the celebrations at Abuja's Eagle Square...
Members of Independence troop performs at the Eagles Square in Abuja, Nigeria during the countrys 60th Independence Celebration on October 1, 2020image copyrightGetty Images
image captionThere were performances galore at the stadium...
A member of the Nigerian Navy Force band salutes at the Eagles Square in Abuja, Nigeria during the countrys 60th Independence Celebration on October 1, 2020image copyrightGetty Images
image captionIncluding a salute from a member of the Nigerian Navy Force band.
Ethiopian Orthodox faithful take a selfie during the Meskel Festival to commemorate the discovery of the true cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified on, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 26, 2020.image copyrightReuters
image captionWhile on Saturday, Orthodox Christians take a selfie during the Meskel festival in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa...
An Ethiopian Orthodox faithful holds a burning candle during the Meskel Festival to commemorate the discovery of the true cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified on, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 26, 2020image copyrightReuters
image captionThe festival marks, according to Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, the finding of the cross that Jesus was crucified on.
A therapist makes a skin incision on the back of a man undergoing Hijama (wet cupping) therapy inside a treatment room at a physiotherapy center in Tunis, Tunisia, 30 September 2020. Hijama or cupping therapy, is an ancient treatment that uses glass cups and suction to help circulate blood and relieve muscle tensionimage copyrightEPA
image captionIn Tunisia's capital, Tunis, on Wednesday, a therapist makes a skin incision on the back of a man undergoing cupping, an ancient treatment that uses glass cups and suction to help circulate blood and relieve muscle tension.
A member of the KO Squad team exercises at the first "Open Gym" opened as a part of the initiative "Be Fit - Be Sports" organized by the Egyptian Street Workout and Calisthenics Federation at the Children"s Garden in the Cairo suburb of Nasr City, Egypt, September 29, 2020.image copyrightReuters
image captionA young man shows his acrobatic skills at a new open-air gym in a suburb of Egypt's capital Cairo on Tuesday...
White storks fly at a bird park at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 25 September 2020image copyrightEPA
image captionWhile on Friday storks fly at a bird park at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh...
A Bedouin woman sells handicrafts and souvenirs at Ras Mohamed national park , South Sinai, near Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 25 September 2020image copyrightEPA
image captionOn the same day a Bedouin woman is spotted at the Ras Mohammed National Park, a marine sanctuary with a profusion of coral species and rare pelagics, in the Sinai Peninsula.
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A customer wears reflective glasses as he selects imported second-hand clothes amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at the Gikomba market in Nairobi, Kenya, in this photo released on 29 September Picture taken September 18, 2020image copyrightReuters
image captionWhile in this photo released on Tuesday, a man with a mask and reflective glasses shops at Gikomba market, famous for selling second-hand imported clothes, in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
Students of Ruvheneko Primary school in Ruwa wear face masks on their first day at school after six months of closure, in Harare, Zimbabwe, 28 September 2020. Public examinations students have returned to school in time for their final year examinations in December 2020image copyrightEPA
image captionAs for these girls, they seem to be happy to be back at school in the Zimbabwean town of Ruwa on Monday, six months after it was closed because of Covid-19.
Adicko Pierre, 62, an Ivorian luthier works in his workshop in Abobo, an area of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 30 September 2020, a day before International Music Dayimage copyrightEPA
image captionOn Wednesday, luthier Adicko Pierre works on a guitar at his shop in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan...
Adicko Pierre, 62, an Ivorian luthier plays a guitar made by him, in the yard of his workshop in Abobo, a district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 30 September 2020image copyrightEPA
image captionIn this photo, he shows off some of the final products that he hopes to sell to music-loving customers.
In a village called Bonu in central Nigeria (Niger state)image copyrightDorothy Aken'Ova
image captionAnd we end with another view of the Nigerian skyline, this time in Bonu village in central Niger state on Wednesday.

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