Week in pictures: 28 April - 4 May 2017 - BBC News

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A parade is held at the Popo carnival in Ivory Coast's south-eastern Bonoua town on Saturday to celebrate the heritage of the Aboure people...





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It is an annual celebration of Aboure culture, with dances, pageantries, gastronomic competitions...





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And an opportunity to cause shock and horror at what is one of Ivory Coast's most well-attended events.





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On Sunday, this young boy competes in a team dance battle in Goma, the main city in troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...





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It was the first time the Goma Dance Festival was held. The idea is to encourage youths to express themselves through dance and forget about the fighting.





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These teenagers engage in therapeutic activities on Wednesday at a refugee camp in South Sudan's Maban county to overcome trauma caused by violence.





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On Sunday in the capital, Juba, a football fan draped in the national colours was on the winning side as South Sudan beat Somalia 2-0 to qualify for the 2018 African Nations Championship - only for players based on the continent.





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In neighbouring Uganda, dancers from the Acholi ethnic group perform in northern Gulu town...





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Their guest was Hollywood actor Forest Whitaker, who visited the area to expand the Youth Peacemaker Network.





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Nigerian musician Asa performs at a concert in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, on Saturday. Some of her fans described her as "pure magic" and the "goddess of good music".





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The mood is very different at a May Day rally in Lagos on Monday, as workers highlight the problems facing oil-rich Nigeria.





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On Friday, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe hosts his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob at a trade fair in the second city, Bulawayo. Mr Mugabe made the controversial claim this week that Zimbabwe is the most highly developed African country after South Africa.





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A sheep's head is cooked at a butchers in a residential neighbourhood in South Africa's Cape Town. A barbecued head is known as a Smiley in South Africa, and regarded by some as a delicacy.





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On Sunday, an African sacred ibis flies at sunset over Cape Town. It breeds in sub-Saharan Africa, south-eastern Iraq, and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth.