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Heatwaves and hand-to-hand combat: Africa’s top shots

Story By BBC On July 19, 2025, 8:27 AM

A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:

FETHI BELAID / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Boys jump and somersault into the water from a road bridge. — As Tunisians brace for a heatwave, a group of boys leap into the sea in Tunis on Tuesday.

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A child picks a red balloon from a vendor at Magic Land amusement park in Abuja on 29 June. — Days earlier in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, children choose balloons at Magic Land…

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Amusement park visitors talk, smile and laugh as they ride a bird-shaped carousel at Magic Land on 29 June. — The theme park opened almost two decades ago.

PHILIMON BULAWAYO / REUTERS A woman smiles as she has her hair and make-up done. — Contestants get ready backstage before the Mr and Miss Africa Albinism pageant in Zimbabwe on Saturday.

HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A tennis player stares intently at the ball in front of her face. — Ons Jabeur of Tunisia keeps her eyes squarely on the ball during the first day of the Wimbledon tennis championships, in the UK on Monday.

JAMES WAKIBIA / SOPA IMAGES / LIGHTROCKET / GETTY IMAGES A man sits next to piles of dozens of large melons on his stall. — Juicy watermelons fill this vendor’s stall in Nakuru, Kenya, on Wednesday. Food prices keep rising as the country grapples with a cost-of-living crisis.

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A man poses elegantly with one closed fist and one expressive, open hand. — On Friday in Abuja, Faisal Ibrahim aka Dan Yellow Tula poses for the camera. He is a Dambe fighter – a combat sport with a long history in northern Nigeria…

EMMANUEL OSODI / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES Two men square up to each other in an area. Both are dressed in shorts, both have right hands balled up and taped into a hard fist. — The next day in the same city, fighters face off in the African Warrior Dambe World Series.

BERTRAND GUAY / AFP / GETTY IMAGES A man dressed in black walks through the Orangery of the Palace of Versailles. He is flanked by an entourage. — On Sunday, Nigerian singer-songwriter Rema and his entourage arrive at the Jacquemus show at Paris Fashion Week in France.

TEMILOLUWA JOHNSON / GETTY IMAGES Men and women dance inside a club. Out of shot is a DJ playing music on decks. — The day before in Lagos, Nigeria, people enjoy a Pride month club night called Be. Organisers say their goal is for clubbers to “merge soul and body with rhythm and just be”.

OUPA BOPAPE / GALLO IMAGES / GETTY IMAGES A woman sings on stage wearing a black and white robe which is beaded with cowrie shells. — Celebrated South African singer Thandiswa Mazwai performs on stage at Johannesburg’s Lyric Theatre on Sunday.

KODY MCGREGOR / WORLD SURF LEAGUE / GETTY IMAGES Ryan Huckabee of the United States crests a wave. Behind him apartment blocks are visible. — And the following day, surfers from around the world compete in the Ballito Pro on South Africa’s eastern coast off KwaZulu-Natal.

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