[World] Africa’s week in pictures: 30 December 2022 – 5 January 2023

Swimmers in Tunisia’s coastal town of Nabeul take a New Year’s Day dip in the Mediterranean.

In the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, some see in 2023 with an outdoor prayer service…

While others in the city celebrate the new year by spinning burning steel wool to create a shower of sparkles.

A young boy gets his face painted in Cape Town, South Africa, in readiness for Monday’s annual Cape Minstrel Carnival, back after a two-year break caused by Covid…

Different troupes parade through the streets and perform for the thousands of visitors in a tradition that dates back to the days of slavery.

Monday also sees an annual hunting festival in the Gambian capital, Banjul, as people compete for the title of best animal heads, masques and costumes.

Catholic mourners in Uganda come together at the Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs in Namugongo following the death of Pope Benedict XVI on 31 December.

In some rare images coming from Eritrea, on Tuesday a photographer snaps the statue of the Virgin Mary in a shrine inside the trunk of a baobab tree in the town of Keren…

Pupils make their way to school on Friday in Eritrea’s Durfo valley, which is just outside the capital, Asmara.

A woman in Senegal collects cockles in the Saloum Delta on Tuesday – the three-river delta is listed as a UN world heritage site for its natural beauty and the way it represents the traditional coastal lifestyle of shellfish gathering and fishing.

A Sudanese palm-leaf weaver uses her traditional basket-making skills on Wednesday in the village of al-Saqqai, about 60km (37 miles) north of the capital, Khartoum.

A woman in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, has her hands painted with henna to get ready for a festival on Friday.

After a tough day at work on Tuesday, an Egyptian farmer sits down for a cigarette and a cup of sweet tea.