Share on Facebook Follow on Facebook Add to Google+ Connect on Linked in Subscribe by Email Print This Post A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A woman is among tens of thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrating the return of exiled patriarch Bishop Merkorios to the capital, Addis Ababa, on Friday. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Boys, who were not born when the patriarch fled to the US 27 years ago, join in singing hymns at the city’s Millennium Hall. Image copyright AFP Image caption On Tuesday, Ivory Coast’s special forces, with their faces painted in the green of the national flag, parade during celebrations marking 58 years of independence from France. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A man in Khoi San regalia in Cape Town on Friday attends a public hearing about the South African government’s plan to expropriate white-owned land without compensation. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The next day, people take part in the unveiling of the identical car used by police to arrest anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela 56 years ago in Howick, some 125km (78 miles) from Durban. Image copyright Reuters Image caption On Tuesday, an engineering student drives an air-powered vehicle that he helped design to promote clean energy in Egypt’s capital, Cairo. Image copyright Reuters Image caption In the city on Monday, a man walks in front of some graffiti that includes the words: “Egypt is in the heart”. Image copyright Reuters Image caption On the same day, a girl in Zimbabwe stands near a defaced poster of President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa in the capital, Harare – an opposition stronghold. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption These girls attend Sunday school at Harare’s Catholic cathedral the day before. Image copyright EPA Image caption A woman who lost a relative in an al-Qaeda bombing in Kenya’s capital 20 years ago points to a commemorative plaque on Tuesday naming the more than 200 who died. Image copyright Reuters Image caption Back in Egypt on Thursday, men transport sheep on motorcycles in Giza on the outskirts of Cairo ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha… Image copyright Reuters Image caption Here a vendor takes this animal to a customer’s car. Also known as the Feast of the Sacrifice, the festival commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son to God. Image copyright Reuters Image caption And a rider in the Libyan city of Benghazi show off his horse’s skills at an annual equestrian event – the Knights of Libya Festival – on Tuesday. Pictures from AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters Sunday schools and sheep on bikes Sunday schools and sheep on bikes added by on August 10, 2018View all posts by →