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Africa's week in pictures: 21-27 October 2022

Reuters Women wearing chunky white glasses pointing up to the sky and smiling.Reuters
These women are looking at a partial solar eclipse in Egypt on Tuesday, when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, casting a shadow.

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

AFP Crowds on people at Ataba Square. There are old building in the frame.AFP
There are large crowds on Monday in Cairo's Ataba Square, which lies in the heart of the city and is one of its most famous and biggest squares.
Getty Images An olive picker handling the olives which are flying through the air.Getty Images
It is olive season in Tunisia. According to Statista, olives and olive oil are a major Tunisian agricultural export.
AFP Women lining up by trucks filled to the brim with brown barley.AFP
Amid a drought in Kenya, a group of Maasai women are buying barley for their livestock in Ilbisil town. After a series of failed rainy seasons, the World Food Programme has warned that millions of people in East Africa are at risk of severe hunger.
AFP A tea farmer standing in a sea of green tea herbs.AFP
A tea farmer is pictured at Kipkebe Tea Estate near Musereita. Kenya's government is trying to encourage domestic tea-processing instead of exporting the herb raw, so the country can increase its profits, according to the AFP news agency.
Getty Images Refugees walking with their belongings.Getty Images
Congolese refugees escape fighting between M23 rebels and the army on Wednesday. The Congolese government accuses neighbouring Rwanda of backing the M23, but this is denied by Kigali.
AFP A woman smiling in a blue taxiAFP
This woman is all smiles as she rides a tuk tuk taxi in Ethiopia on Sunday.
AFP A group of women at a protest wearing yellow and holding Ethiopian flags.AFP
Meanwhile this group of women attends a protest to support Ethiopia's military the same week as warring parties attempt to broker peace in the Tigray conflict.
Getty Images A model with red eyebrows posing for a photo in a red ring light.Getty Images
This model poses backstage at the Reeyah Swim show during Glitz Africa Fashion Week in Accra, Ghana on Saturday. It is described as Ghana's biggest fashion event.
Reuters Female models wearing white, head scarves and glasses.Reuters
There is more fashion elsewhere, as models smile backstage at South African Fashion Week...
Reuters Models walking on the runway. The model in the middle is wearing a white and purple dress, with the image of a woman on it.Reuters
At the same fashion week models walk the runway.
Getty Images Female footballers smiling on the pitch wearing the Nigerian kit.Getty Images
There is camaraderie among Nigeria's Fifa Under 17s Women's World Cup team in India, as these players smile ahead of their semi-final match against Colombia on Wednesday. They go on to lose on penalties.
Reuters Topless men walking through flood waters. There is a submerged building behind them.Reuters
In Nigeria these men made wade through the waters on Saturday after floods which have killed more than 600 people and been described as an "overwhelming" disaster.
AFP Two people in a dancehall doing ballroom dancing.AFP
Students take part in a ballroom class in Soweto on Sunday. Interest in the artform is growing in South Africa after the establishment of the Born to Move Dance Academy, according to AFP.
AFP Man standing in front pf pyramindsAFP
On Thursday French photographer JR attends the Art D'Égypte exhibition where his collection "Inside Out Giza" is on display.

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