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 ################################################################################################# Join the African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year. Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701 Phone: 608-258-0261 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.AfricanAssociationofMadison.org ################################################################################################# *** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** *** Access AAM list archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html ***