A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
Hoping to win hearts and minds with humor, Extinction Rebellion protesters on Tuesday posed as “fossil fuel vampires” preying on Mother Earth outside an oil producers conference in the South African city of Cape Town. Campaigners say time is running out to solve the global climate crisis. [RODGER BOSCH / AFP]
Time is also on the mind of this market vendor in Cairo, Egypt, who offers loads of watches for sale. [Khaled DESOUKI / AFP]
On Sunday, people in the central Ethiopian town of Bishoftu Irreecha… [TIKSA NEGERI / REUTERS]
It is a Thanksgiving festival celebrated by the Oromo people… [TIKSA NEGERI / REUTERS]
These men take part in celebrations in the capital Addis Ababa… [Michele Spatari / AFP]
One tradition involves immersing freshly cut grass and flowers in water to thank Waaqa (which means God) for the rainy season, which comes to an end at this time of year. [Michele Spatari / AFP]
A man removes impurities from a gold bar during the smelting process at a refinery in Ghana on Monday. [FRANCIS KOKOROKO / REUTERS]
On the same day, in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, this man has little choice but to travel by canoe. The Logone River has flooded this southeastern district called Tougoude. [JORIS BOLOMEY / AFP]
On Monday, Chagos islanders living in Britain denounced the British government’s decision to cede control of their homeland to Mauritius. They say they were not consulted and that their sovereignty has been violated again. [ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP]
This miniature replica of the Eiffel Tower can be seen from below in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, on Monday. The 12 meter high model is the work of Ruffin Rakotomalala. [ZO ANDRIANJAFY / REUTERS]
And finally, as Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is received at Germany’s Bellevue Palace on Tuesday, a wild fox darts past the guards and women. [FILIP SINGER / EPA]
