{"id":10030,"date":"2022-07-31T13:37:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T13:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/africas-week-in-pictures-22-28-july-2022"},"modified":"2022-07-31T14:20:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T14:20:05","slug":"africas-week-in-pictures-22-28-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/africas-week-in-pictures-22-28-july-2022","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s week in pictures: 22-28 July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond:<\/b><\/p>\n

On Saturday, people cheer after the unveiling of their team’s boat for a day of traditional pirogue racing in the coastal city of St Louis in Senegal…<\/p>\n

Thousands attend the event, with spectators like these singing and dancing as they cheer on the boats…<\/p>\n

The competition is believed to date back 200 years, with each neighbourhood in the city putting forward multiple teams.<\/p>\n

In Rwanda, a performer wears a giraffe’s head in a Kigali supermarket on Friday during a collaboration between Rwandan and Burundian artists and a Belgian theatre group.<\/p>\n

On Monday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, a woman walks past election posters for presidential candidate Raila Odinga…<\/p>\n

Election fever continues on Wednesday in Kangari, where a man sits below a poster of the other main contender, Deputy President William Ruto.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa, a vet shows a Great Dane some TLC at at the Mdzananda Animal Clinic.<\/p>\n

The next day in the same city a group of women gather outside a court to protest against a development expected to house Amazon’s African HQ.<\/p>\n

Supporters of Banyana Banyana, South Africa’s women’s football team, cheer on Wednesday as the Wafcon winners come to Pretoria’s Union Buildings to meet the president.<\/p>\n

Nigerian hurdler Tobi Amusan marks a moment of joy as she breaks the world record at the World Athletic Championships during the 100m hurdle semi-finals…<\/p>\n

Here she is pictured holding her prize money after winning gold in the final in Oregon.<\/p>\n

Ugandan Fridays For Future climate activist Patience Nabukalu poses for a photo during a meeting in Italy on Tuesday of the global movement to stop global warming.<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Maria Neves, the president of Cape Verde, holds a press conference after meeting his Portuguese counterpart in Lisbon on Thursday.<\/p>\n

And a refreshing array of coloured drinks are mixed for those attending the Algerian Beverage Fair in Algeria’s capital, Algiers, on Friday.<\/p>\n\r\n