Africa's week in pictures: 1-7 March 2024

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

Mar 8, 2024 - 17:17
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Participants parade through the streets during the annual Cape Town Pride celebrations, in Green Point, South Africa, March 2, 2024ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
Hundreds walk through the streets of Cape Town to celebrate the annual pride parade, displaying all the colours of the rainbow on Saturday.
A participant sits in a vehicle during the annual Cape Town Pride celebrations in Green Point, South Africa, March 2, 2024ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
One person sitting in a pink car watches as the crowds pass by.
A person smokes in front of parliament during the annual Rastafari-led, Adwa and Salt River victory parade celebrations in Cape Town, South Africa, March 1, 2024ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
The day before, a man smokes in front of South Africa's parliament at the 9th annual Rastafari-led Adwa Victory Parade.
Pilgrims stand under a waterfall as they cleanse themselves of evil spirits during a Sunday morning ritual at a waterfall on the Braamfontein Spruit river in Johannesburg, South Africa, 03 March 2024KIM LUDBROOK/EPA
Sunday sees pilgrims in South Africa start their morning with a waterfall cleanse to get rid of evil spirits.
Dogs lay on cracked earth at al-Massira dam in Ouled Essi Masseoud village, some 140 kilometres (85 miles) south of Casablanca, on March 6, 2024.FADEL SENNA/AFP
A tired dog lays on cracked, dry earth caused by the record winter temperature in Morocco, on Wednesday.
Members of Uganda's Soft Ground Wrestling compete in a makeshift wrestling ring at their camp in the village of Kilangila, Mukono District, Uganda, 06 March 2024.ISAAC KASAMANI/EPA
On the same day, members of Uganda's Soft Ground Wrestling group practise in a makeshift ring.
A medical practitioner participates in a demonstration against the government's failure to hire trainee doctors, outside the Ministry of Health in Nairobi, Kenya, March 4 2024MONICAH MWANGI/REUTERS
Kenyan healthcare workers take to the streets of the capital Nairobi to protest against the government's failure to hire trainee doctors on Monday.
Traditional 'Fanous' lanterns are displayed in a market in Cairo, Egypt, 04 March 2024KHALED ELFIQI/EPA
While in Egypt, preparations for Ramadan begin as two men hang up traditional lanterns.
Queen Mathilde of Belgium visits Grand-Lahou and its cemetery. Meeting with the local fishing communities threatened by the rising sea levels pictured on March 05, 2024 in Grand-Lahou, Cote D'ivoirePHILIP REYNAERS/GETTY IMAGES
The next day, Queen Mathilde of Belgium travels on a boat to visit the coastal town of Grand-Lahou in the south of Ivory Coast.
A street vendor carries vegetables on her head at the Adjame main market in Abidjan on March 7, 2024ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP
Days later, this street vendor roams the market selling vegetables, in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.

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