Huge hats and saffron strands: Africa's top shots

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

Models showcase the designs of Londeka Buthelezi-Ndaba on Saturday...

Cape Town Fashion Week is a yearly event...

Which attracts people from all over.

Tunisian farmer Faiza Hamdaoui harvests saffron flowers in the north of the country on Monday.

Libyan women display their henna designs in Tripoli on Friday.

On the same day in the same city, Dakar Carnival continues.

Newlyweds Mr and Mrs Nunulu pose with friends and family in Namibia's capital, Winhoek, on Saturday.

Cocoa prices are rising in Cameroon, which is good news for the chief of Ebebda village Bruno Ebassa and others who work at his farm.

Kenyan graffiti artists flex their skills on Saturday...

These murals are in the capital city, Nairobi.

Orange Farm Carnival kicks off on Sunday...

Organisers say the event aims to revive the spirit of Ubuntu...

And promote positive social change.

A lemur is repatriated to Madagascar on Sunday after investigators busted an international pet-trafficking network.

Two days earlier in the UK, this object - described by salespeople as a centuries-old elephant-bird egg from Madagascar - is displayed at Christie's auction house.

A demonstrator wears a Hulk mask and a dummy rifle on Wednesday in Mozambique's capital city...

Students also joined the protests against October's election results.

As election day nears, vendors flog flags and other trinkets in Ghana's capital city, Accra.

Meerkats nestled in the grass on Thursday get a free view of South Africa's Nedbank Golf Challenge.

On Monday, people living in the Jakwa informal settlement near Johannesburg are bereft after a fire ripped through at least 300 of their homes.

Dancers greet US President Joe Biden as he touches down in the Angolan city of Catumbela on Wednesday. According to some reports he appeared to fall asleep at one of the meetings he attended in the country.

Trailblazing South Sudanese supermodel Alek Wek attends the 2024 Fashion Awards in London, the UK.

On Tuesday, French-Algerian singer Camelia Jordana poses at Marrakech International Film Festival in Morroco.

And on Friday, a man cycles past Christmas lights on Victoria Island, an upmarket neighbourhood in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos.

From the BBC in Africa this week: