June 13, 2019
BBC News Africa
*A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week:*
[image: Models take to the catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week in the
Senegalese capital.]Image copyrightNUR PHOTO/GETTY IMAGESImage captionModels
take to the catwalk over the course of Dakar Fashion Week which ended on
Sunday...[image: A models seen on the catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week in
the Senegalese capital.]Image copyrightNURPHOTO/GETTY IMAGESImage captionThis
design is the work of Queen Tawa from Congo-Brazzaville[image: South Africa
supporters react prior the France 2019 Women's World Cup Group B football
match between Spain and South Africa, on 8 June 8, 2019, in France.]Image
copyrightAFPImage captionThese young football fans were at South Africa's
match against Spain at the Fifa Women's World Cup in France on Saturday[image:
Nigerian supporters cheer their team ahead of the 2019 Women's World Cup
Group A football match between Norway and Nigeria, on 8 June 2019, in
France.]Image copyrightAFPImage captionOn the same day, Nigeria fans
cheered their side on against Norway but their side eventually lost 3-0[image:
A Greenpeace environmental activist carries a coffin during a protest in
Nairobi on 12 June against a coal fired electricity plant planned for the
coastal town of Lam.u]Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionOn Wednesday,
environmental campaigners in Nairobi protested against the construction of
a Chinese-backed coal plant that would increase Kenya's greenhouse gas
emissions by 700%[image: A family wear traditional clothing and pose for a
photo on the beach at Marsa Matruh in Egypt on 8 June.]Image copyrightEPAImage
captionAs temperatures soared in Egypt on Saturday, this family got dressed
up for a photo shoot at the beach[image: Traditional chiefs from the
Niger-Delta region are seen during a celebration marking the new Democracy
Day in Abuja on 12 June.]Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionIn Nigeria on
Wednesday, traditional rulers from the Niger-Delta region took part in
Democracy Day celebrations in the capital Abuja[image: Vendors stand behind
a display of pastries at O'Merveilles in Touba, Senegal, on 10 June.]Image
copyrightREUTERSImage captionStaff prepareed to serve customers at the
O'Merveilles bakery in the Senegalese town of Touba on Monday[image: Two
activists pose with a rainbow flag as they celebrate outside Botswana High
Court in Gaborone on 11 June.]Image copyrightAFPImage captionIn Botswana,
LGBTQ rights campaigners celebrated the High Court's decision to
decriminalise homosexuality, overturning colonial-era laws[image: A woman
clasps her hands together as she sits at a Greyhound bus station in San
Antonio, Texas, on 11 June.]Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionAnd on
Tuesday, a woman waited at a bus station in San Antonio in the US state of
Texas, where migrants from Congo and Angola have been arriving from Mexico
Pictures from Reuters, AFP, EPA and Nur Photo.
--
Ann Marie
"The art of living consists of knowing what to pay attention to and what to
ignore." -- Mardy Grothe
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