{"id":11844,"date":"2022-08-13T11:08:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T11:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/africas-week-in-pictures-5-11-august-2022"},"modified":"2022-08-13T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T12:22:20","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-5-11-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/africas-week-in-pictures-5-11-august-2022","title":{"rendered":"Africa&#8217;s week in pictures: 5-11 August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>A selection of the week&#8217;s best photos from across the continent and beyond:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A man is snapped picking prickly pears from a plant in a farm in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, on Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At the same farm a woman shows off the inside of the fruit.<\/p>\n<p>This woman poses for a photo after casting her ballot in Kajiado in southern Kenya during Tuesday&#8217;s election&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Later, once polls close, vote counting gets under way at Mathare Social Hall in Nairobi under grey skies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a man is seen carrying a box full of ballots after arriving at an electoral commission office in the capital, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>In Birmingham, UK, on Sunday, Nigeria&#8217;s Ruth Usoro is giving her all in the women&#8217;s long jump final during the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>There is more sporting action in Limerick, Ireland, on Wednesday with a man doing a black flip as players from Kenya and Jamaica gather ahead of the 2022 World Lacrosse Men&#8217;s U21 World Championship.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday there were laughs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland during a photo call for members of the Soweto Gospel Choir&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There is more jubilation as the women from the choir start singing.<\/p>\n<p>Near Mbombela in South Africa on Saturday, orange trees are flourishing.<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Africa&#8217;s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor bump elbows after he arrived in Pretoria for a meeting as part of an Africa tour to boost Africa-US relations on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>People are standing in flood waters in Dakar, Senegal, on Friday after heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p>Back to Kenya on Thursday where a motorcycle taxi driver is draped with the country&#8217;s flag as citizens await the final result of Tuesday&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<p>And there is glamour in Switzerland on Wednesday as British-Eritrean musician and creative Lula Mebrahtu is on the red carpet at the 75th Locarno Film Festival.<\/p>\n\r\n                <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                    \r\n                    #td_uid_1_69e9433996987  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/08\/postMediaimg_40_1-62f7969fdbc2d-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n       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