A South-Sudanese woman who fled fighting in Sudan lies on the ground with her child under a tree after returning to Malakal town, which is hosting thousands who returned, in Upper Nile state, South Sudan Sunday, May 8, 2023. (Photo by Sam Mednick/AP Photo)





Sudanese refugee children who have fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region eat their breakfast beside makeshift shelters near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad on May 11, 2023. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Young people, living in Mathare slum, learn future technologies at a robotics and coding workshop in Nairobi, Kenya on May 11, 2023. Because of the trainings provided by the Oasis Mathare Institution, young people in Mathare, where impoverished families reside, have a brighter future. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Sudanese women who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, and were previously internally displaced in Sudan, carry jerrycans of water near the border between Sudan and Chad, while taking refuge in Borota, Chad on May 13, 2023. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





A mother is seen with her child on Mothers' Day at Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya on May 13, 2023. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Men walk through floodwaters on a street in the town of Beledweyne, in Somalia Monday, May 15, 2023. Estimates from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs are that 460,000 people have been affected by flooding caused by heavy rains since mid-March. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Residents attempt to stop the spread of a blaze that gutted several shacks as it burned through a densely populated section of Masiphumelele in Cape Town, South Africa on May 16, 2023. (Photo by Nic Bothma/Reuters)





Nigerian Chef Hilda Bassey, 27, attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual, in Lagos, Nigeria on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Temilade Adelaja/Reuters)





Sellers prepare the camel for “huge camel market” where hundreds of camels are sold in Nauakchott, the capital of Mauritania on May 16, 2023. Camels, being the main source of livelihood in Arab countries, are used for transportation and nutrition. (Photo by Annika Hammerschlag/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A man drives his motorbike past a burned out car during a protest in Ziguinchor on May 16, 2023, against the alleged arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko ahead of his rape trial. Three people died during clashes between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, the authorities said on May 16, 2023, amid flaring tensions triggered by a legal showdown. (Photo by Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP Photo)





A protester wears the Senegalese national flag during a protest in Ziguinchor on May 16, 2023, against the alleged arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko ahead of his rape trial. Three people died during clashes between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, the authorities said on May 16, 2023, amid flaring tensions triggered by a legal showdown. (Photo by Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP Photo)





Daouda Ben Salem, 63, works on distilling floral water using traditional technique at her home in Nabeul, Tunisia on May 16, 2023. (Photo by Jihed Abidellaoui/Reuters)





Thelelwa Simelane looks on as her daughter Lethukukhanya eats by candle light during one of the frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Klipspruit, Soweto, South Africa on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)





A freed female prisoner hugs a prison officer after being released from Chikurubi maximum prison on the outskirts of Harare, Friday, May, 19, 2023. Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails. About 800 prisoners were on Friday released from Harare Central Prison and Chikurubi Maximum Prison in the capital, Harare, according to Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





Motorcyclists enjoy the mass ride during the annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR) in Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 May 2023. The annual mass motorcycle ride, founded in Australia by Mark Hawwa, has seen 340,000 vintage and classic motorcyclists ride to raise donations for men's cancer research and men's mental health. (Photo by Kim Ludbrook/EPA)





A street trader displays new and secondhand shoes at knockdown prices outside the entrance of a fashion shop on the streets of Harare, in this Monday, May, 22, 2023 photo.Shoppers in Zimbabwe are increasingly turning to street traders to buy what they need as the local currency plunges in value against the U.S. dollar.Street traders in cars, on bicycles or on foot clog sidewalks, roads and parking spaces. They sell items ranging from groceries to cosmetics, brooms, dog chains, car parts and medicines.(Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





Protesters sit on top of sandbag barricades as they block the road to opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s house in Ziguinchor, Senegal on May 22, 2023. Protesters have been blocking the roads in Ziguinchor to stop the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko ahead of his rape trail, which should start on May 24, 2023. (Photo by Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP Photo)





Supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, sing and dance during a meeting in Ziguinchor on May 24, 2023. Thousands of supporters gathered in Ziguinchor on Wednesday against the arrest of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko during his rape trail. (Photo by Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP Phoot)





A man walks past a burnt out bank branch in southern Khartoum on May 24, 2023. Sporadic artillery fire still echoed in Sudan's capital on May 24 but residents said fighting had calmed following a US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire, raising faint hopes in the embattled city. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Potters work at a ceramics factory in Rabat, Morocco, 24 May 2023. The pottery craft in Morocco is resisting in order to withstand the transformations taking place in the country's traditional industry sector. Despite the local and international demand for tagines, water jugs, cups, and other ceramic products, the low demand of young people to work in these crafts threatens them with a significant decline. (Photo by Jalal Morchidi/EPA)