June 6, 2019
BBC News Africa
*A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week:*
[image: Model Alek Wek arrives at the 2019 CFDA fashion awards in New York
City on 3 June.]Image copyrightAFPImage captionSouth Sudanese-born model
Alek Wek takes to the red carpet - or pink in this case - at the CFDA
fashion awards in New York on Monday.[image: Presentational white space][image:
Mamello Makhabane of South Africa poses for a portrait during the official
FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 portrait session in France on 5 June 2019.]Image
copyrightFIFA/GETTY IMAGESImage captionOn Wednesday, South African
footballer Mamello Makhabane smiles for the cameras ahead of the Fifa
Women's World Cup in France.[image: Presentational white space][image: A
child is seen among Muslim faithfuls on 5 June attending the morning
prayers of Eid al-Fitr, which mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at
the California grounds in Nairobi.]Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionOn
the same day, this girl attends morning prayers in Kenya's capital,
Nairobi, to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan..[image:
Presentational white space][image: Kenyan Muslim worshippers attend Eid
al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on 4
June at the Jamia Mosque in Nairobi, Kenya.]Image copyrightAFPImage captionAlso
in Nairobi, this boy is seen deep in prayer during Eid al-Fitr, as the
festival is known...[image: Presentational white space][image: Muslim
worshipers attend prayer at the Uganda National Mosque in Kampala, Uganda,
on 4 June.]Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe timing of Eid al-Fitr varies
from country to country - these Ugandan Muslims are pictured marking the
holiday on Tuesday.[image: Presentational white space][image: Egyptians
cook food during the pre-dawn "suhur" meal before a new day of fasting
begins, early on 31 May, near a food cart labelled "Liver Fuul", a play on
Arabic name for fava beans and English football club Liverpool FC, in the
Ain Shams suburb of Cairo. Egyptian football fans readied to cheer on
national hero Mohamed Salah in Sunday's Champions League clash and tuck
into food from a cart whose owner vows they'll "never eat alone". A tribute
to the Reds, the "Liverfuul" cart serves up hot dishes of "fuul" (fava
beans) in Ain Shams, a working-class suburb of Cairo.]Image copyrightAFPImage
caption"You'll never eat alone," quips the message on this food cart in
Cairo on Friday ahead of the Uefa Champions League final. Egyptian
footballer Mo Salah is the star player of winning side Liverpool, which has
been changed here to "Liver Fuul" in a play on Sudan's classic bean dish
"fuul".[image: Presentational white space][image: A Bangladesh fan poses
for a photo during the Group Stage match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
between South Africa and Bangladesh on 2 June at The Oval in London.]Image
copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionSouth Africa lose to Bangladesh on Sunday
in what pundits have called the biggest upset of the Cricket World Cup so
far - much to the delight of this man and other Bangladesh fans.[image:
Jordy Smith of South Africa advances to the quarter finals of the 2019
Margaret River Pro after winning Heat 4 of Round 4 at Main Break on 2 June
in Margaret River, Western Australia.]Image copyrightKELLY CESTARI/GETTY
IMAGESImage captionOn the same day in Australia, South African surfer Jordy
Smith advances to the quarter-finals of the Margaret River Pro
competition.[image:
Presentational white space][image: Pallbearers carry the casket with the
remains of Etienne Tshisekedi, former Congolese opposition figurehead who
died in Belgium two years ago, at a mourning ceremony at the Martyrs of
Pentecost Stadium in Kinshasa on 31 May.]Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionTwo
years after his death in Belgium, the casket of veteran opposition leader
Etienne Tshisekedi in displayed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on
Friday...[image: Supporters of late former DR Congo Prime Minister and
opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, react as his casket passes in
Kinshasa ahead of his burial on 1 June.]Image copyrightAFPImage
captionThousands
of his supporters lined the streets as his casket passed through the
capital, Kinshasa, ahead of his burial on 1 June.[image: Presentational
white space][image: An artwork on display during the Harare International
Festival of the Arts (HIFA) in Zimbabwe, shown on 2 June.]Image
copyrightEPAImage
captionOn Sunday, artists gathered to display their work at the Harare
International Festival of the Arts in Zimbabwe...[image: Presentational
white space][image: An artwork on display during the Harare International
Festival of the Arts (HIFA) in Zimbabwe, shown on 2 June. HIFA is a 6-day
annual festival of theatre, dance, music, circus, street performance,
fashion and visual arts.]Image copyrightEPAImage captionThe six-day
festival brings together visual arts, theatre, dance, music, circus and
street performance.[image: Presentational white space][image: A woman
applies eyebrow pencil at a beauty salon in Abidjan in Ivory Coast on 5
June.]Image copyrightEPAImage captionOn Wednesday, this woman concentrates
as she applies eyebrow pencil at a beauty salon in Ivory Coast's main city,
Abidjan.[image: Presentational white space][image: The sun rises in Egypt's
capital, Cairo, Egypt, on 1 June.]Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionAnd
this striking sunrise is captured in Cairo on Saturday.[image:
Presentational white space]
Pictures from Reuters, AFP, Getty Images and EPA.
--
Ann Marie
"The art of living consists of knowing what to pay attention to and what to
ignore." -- Mardy Grothe
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