A Nigerian balloon vendor displays his wares at the celebration of the wedding of 1800 couples at Kano Central Mosque, Kano State, Nigeria on October 13, 2023. The mass wedding is sponsored by the Kano State government in Nigeria to help widows and divorcees get remarried. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP Photo)





In this photo supplied by pageant organiser John Karimazonde of the Mr and Miss Albinism Southern Africa Pageant, contestants take part in the pageant at the Harare International Conference Centre, Saturday October 14, 2023. (Photo by Watson Ofumeli/Mr and Miss Albinism Southern Africa Pageant via AP Photo)





A model has make up done while backstage at the 2023 edition of the South African Fashion Week in Johannesburg, on October 19, 2023. (Photo by Luca Sola/AFP Photo)





A crowd of spectators watch a bullfight in Kabaras, Kakamega county Kenya Friday, October 20, 2023. Thousands of people braved the rain and cold to attend an annual bullfighting competition in western Kenya over the weekend, some of them sitting in trees or on hilltops to witness an event that has become a tourist attraction. Bullfighting in western Kenya goes back decades and features two prized bulls fighting it out until one runs away. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





A crowd of spectators escort a bull to a bullfighting ground in Kabaras, Kakamega county Kenya Friday, October 20, 2023. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





Spectators take their positions on top of a tree to watch a bullfight in Khayega, Kakamega county Kenya Friday, October 20, 2023. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





A crowd of spectators escort a bull to a bullfight in Kabaras, Kakamega county Kenya Friday, October 20, 2023. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





A crowd of spectators dance and sing after a win of their bull at a bullfight in Kabaras, Kakamega county Kenya Friday, October 20, 2023. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





A bull rolls in the mud as it prepares to fight another bull at a bullfight in Kabaras, Kakamega county Kenya, Friday, October 20, 2023. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





In this image released on Monday, October 23, 2023, 12-year-old student Aladina Zacarias does homework outside her house in Zambezia, Mozambique, which was destroyed by Cyclone Freddy; the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record. It hit Mozambique twice – on February 24 and March 11, 2023 – causing strong winds combined with heavy rains and wreaking havoc on the lives of hundreds of thousands of families. (Photo by Mbuto Machili/Global Partnership for Education via AP Images)





A security guard walks on the edge of an unfinished building in the historical Piazza neighbourhood of Addis Ababa on October 21, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari/AFP Photo)





Miners gather at the top of a goldmine shaft in Springs, South Africa, Tuesday, October 24, 2023. Police in South Africa say a group of gold miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground for the second day over a union dispute. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)





Models wear a creation by Lulla House during the Lagos Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, October 26, 2023. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Models wear a creation by Rendoll during the Lagos Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, October 26, 2023. Africa's fashion industry is rapidly growing to meet local and international demands but a lack of adequate investment still limits its full potential, UNESCO said Thursday in its new report released at this year's Lagos Fashion Week show. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A model wears a creation by Jewel Jemila during the Lagos Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, October 26, 2023. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Models wear a creation by Pepper Row during the Lagos Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, October 26, 2023. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A model wears a creation by Oshobor during the Lagos Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, October 26, 2023. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Members of the Republican Guard March Band play trumpets during the 116th celebration of Ethiopian Defense Force day in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 26, 2023. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)





Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force attend the 116th celebration of Ethiopian Defense Force day in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 26, 2023. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)





Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force parade during the 116th celebration of Ethiopian Defense Force day in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 26, 2023. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)