Africa’s week in pictures: 31 January

34 minutes agoNatasha Booty

BBC News

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

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A woman walks past a mural of a huge hedgehog by artist Dekor One on Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Former US president and son of Kenya, Barack Obama, is painted on a matatu bus in Nairobi alongside the late Nelson Mandela on Wednesday.

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This zebra grazes in Nairobi National Park on the outskirts of the same city days earlier.

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Saturday marks this year’s Ogobagna Masked Dance in Bamako, Mali. Chronic security threats in the central region have forced the Dogon people to hold their festival in the capital city instead.

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On the same day thousands of miles away in East Africa, this man models tactile tailoring at Nairobi Fashion Week.

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Preparations are under way the next day for Lunar New Year celebrations in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa…

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Drumming displays and other spectacles brought in the Year of the Snake.

MICHEL LUNANGA / AFPOn Tuesday, mass graves are dug for the many civilians killed in the Congolese city of Goma after Rwandan-backed M23 rebels overran the city. Horrific violence continues to play out despite the rebels’ claim of a humanitarian ceasefire.ROBERTA CIUCCIO / AFP

On Saturday monks, or swamis, line up ahead of the official opening of the biggest Hindu temple in the southern hemisphere – the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Johannesburg.

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Worshippers gather at Dakar’s Seydina Limamou Lahi Al Mahdi Mausoleum on Friday…

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They belong to Senegal’s Layene Sufi order which dates back to 1884.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

The one-legged ‘hopping’ sport of balance and enduranceWho should count as African at the Grammy Awards?Ghana wants more for its cashews, but it’s a tough nut to crackYour phone, a rare metal and the war in DR CongoGetty Images/BBC

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