Africa's top shots: 1-7 December 2017

A portrait of Emmerson Mnangagwa is hung at Zimbabwe's State House on Monday about 10 days after the new president was sworn in.
A child walks on Sunday through the hall of the derelict Gbadolite palace of Mobutu Sese Seko, the former ruler of Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A migrant protests on Saturday outside the Greek parliament in Athens against recent reports of African migrants being sold as slaves in Libya...
On the same day, a supermoon rises over Cape Town's Table Mountain in South Africa.

An event organiser at Swahili Fashion Week in Tanzania's main city of Dar es Salaam checks her phone on Saturday…

It is an annual event showcasing fashion from Swahili-speaking countries in East and Central Africa to promote Made-in-Africa brands...

These men model creations, including nose rings, by Farouque Abdela, a designer from Zanzibar.

And not to be out-done on the fashion front, Queen Elizabeth greets Nigeria's ambassador to the UK George Adesola Oguntade and his wife to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.
On the same day, children draw a portrait of South Sudan's President Salva Kiir at a UN site in the capital, Juba.

A woman who became stranded after trying to make it to Europe via Libya is pictured after returning home to Nigeria on Tuesday.

On Thursday, protesters in Tunisia burn a US flag during a protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

It was Emmanuel Macron's first visit to the country that fought a bitter war for independence from French colonial rule.

On the same day, Algerians look out of windows at the street below to see the French president in the capital, Algiers…

Sierra Leonean singer Janka Nabay, who plays traditional Bubu music, takes a pose on Wednesday during a festival in the French city of Rennes.

A Senegalese dancer performs on Thursday during a ceremony to open a new international airport that will serve the capital, Dakar.

We start with a bit of selfie bling in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on Tuesday during a demonstration by women demanding more economic empowerment.


Image caption The next day, Fifi Loukoula from Congo-Brazzaville competes in the World Para Powerlifting championchip in Mexico.

Cameroon's Vanessa Djiepmou Medibe takes on players from the Netherlands during a match at the Handball Women World Championship in Germany on Tuesday.

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