Flames, chains and grains: Africa's top shots

A enactment of the week's champion photos from crossed the African continent:

On the eve of Mauritania's statesmanlike election, a antheral arrives astatine the Grand Mosque successful Nouakchott for Friday prayers...

Days aboriginal supporters of the incumbent president observe his re-election. The runner-up, an anti-slavery campaigner, alleges that the ballot was stolen.

On Saturday, Ayra Starr becomes the archetypal Afrobeats creator to execute connected the Pyramid signifier astatine the UK's Glastonbury Festival...

Followed the adjacent time by chap Nigerian prima Burna Boy.

Also connected Sunday, South African vocalist Tyla appears astatine the BET awards successful the US and takes location 2 trophies - for champion Best New Artist and Best International Act.

Angola's Silvio de Sousa and Spain's Willy Hernangomez vie for the shot during an Olympic hoops qualifier connected Wednesday.

Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay takes successful the infinitesimal aft winning the 3rd signifier of the Tour de France connected Monday. He becomes the archetypal achromatic African rival to triumph 1 of the 21 stages successful this yearly feat of endurance.

Fishermen bring their drawback to enactment successful Abidjan, Ivory Coast, connected Saturday.

The adjacent day, Nigerian golfer Georgia Oboh lines up her putt astatine the Dow Championship successful the US.

Protests proceed successful Kenya connected Tuesday adjacent though an unpopular draught instrumentality to rise taxation is dropped...

Young radical person been astatine the forefront of these demonstrations successful cities and towns crossed the country.

And connected Friday successful the Tunisian municipality of Nabeul, a pistillate spreads couscous retired to adust successful the sun.