A woman from Douar Amziri walks with her daughter as she pulls a ware-loaded donkey on a mountain path in the rural commune of Tilougguite in Morocco's Beni Mellal-Khenifra region on August 19, 2025, where locals still use a whistled language, an intricate ancient practice connecting Amazigh communities across vast distances in the Atlas mountains. (Photo by Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP Photo)





Members of the Rastafarian community, affiliated with the Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress Liberation Church, hold a spiritual prayer ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 24, 2025. The community demonstrated their efforts to preserve Pan-African identity and cultural values within urban life. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu via Getty Images)






A cosplayer dressed as Frieren during the Otamatsuri Anime x Manga convention held in Nairobi, Kenya on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Waiswa/The Guardian)





A woman dressed as an Avatar. during the Otamatsuri Anime x Manga convention held in Nairobi, Kenya on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Waiswa/The Guardian)





A cosplayer dressed as Turbo Okarun during the Otamatsuri Anime x Manga convention held in Nairobi, Kenya on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Waiswa/The Guardian)





Convention-goers take photos of each other during the Otamatsuri Anime x Manga convention held in Nairobi, Kenya on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Waiswa/The Guardian)





Prop swords during the Otamatsuri Anime x Manga convention held in Nairobi, Kenya on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Waiswa/The Guardian)





A fan dressed as Yumeko Jabami during the Otamatsuri Anime x Manga convention held in Nairobi, Kenya on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Waiswa/The Guardian)





Shoes worn by cosplayer dressed as Elizabeth Goddess during the Otamatsuri Anime x Manga convention held in Nairobi, Kenya on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Waiswa/The Guardian)





Women carry logs from a clearing in Kibumba on August 28, 2025. The head of the UN's refugee agency said on Tuesday the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to repatriate refugees uprooted by conflict in eastern DRC The declaration, by UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi in Kinshasa, came as tensions persist between DRC and Rwanda, despite a US-brokered peace deal they signed in June DRC is currently holding peace talks also with the Rwanda-backed M23 militia, which has seized swathes of eastern DRC. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha/AFP Photo)





A beekeeper carries a hive as another holds a smokepot, in the mountains of Ait Attou Moussa, in Morocco's central Tinghir Province in the Atlas Mountain range, on August 29, 2025. (Photo by Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP Photo)





A man dressed up takes a smoke break during the Comic Con Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, August 30, 2025. (Photo by Themba Hadebe/AP Photo)





Moroccans play percussion instruments during a procession to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad, known in Arabic as Mawlid, in Sale, Morocco, 04 September 2025. Many Muslims around the world celebrate the Prophet Muhammad's birthday every year on 12th of the Rabi-ul-Awal, the third month of the Islamic Calendar, which falls this year on 04 September. (Photo by Jalal Morchidi/EPA)





A circus group performs during the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)





South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (R) is assisted by a member of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) to unbutton his blazer during the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on September 9, 2025. Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on September 9, 2025 with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed calling it a “great achievement for all black people” despite years of diplomatic rancour over the dam with downstream neighbour Egypt. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





An Ethiopian Orthodox priest swings a censer as faithful sing religious songs and prayers during a New Year church celebration at Entoto St. Raguel Church in Addis Ababa, on September 11, 2025. Ethiopia marks the New Year, Enkutatash in Amharic, on September 11, celebrating the end of the rainy season and the start of the Ethiopian calendar year 2018, which runs about seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Somali students follow proceedings during a visit by British Somali boxer and Olympian Ramla Ali in her capacity as a UNICEF UK Ambassador, at a time when humanitarian agencies are warning of the severe impact of global aid reductions on vulnerable populations, at the Dadaab refugee camp, in Garissa county, Kenya, on September 11, 2025. Ali, who was born in Somalia and became a refugee in Kenya as a child, returned to the region to meet girls and families facing challenges similar to those she once experienced, focusing on the consequences of funding cuts on access to essential services such as clean water, nutrition, education, and child protection. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





Kenyan designer Morgan Azedy poses for a photograph with one of his creations at a dumpsite where he collects textile waste in the Embakasi neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 18 September 2025. Morgan Azedy, a Kenyan urban fashion designer behind the brand “Kenyan Raw”, uses upcycled and recycled materials, including fabric waste and discarded clothes from landfills and markets, to create contemporary designs. His work promotes waste reduction and sustainable practices within the fashion industry. (Photo by Daniel Irungu/EPA)





A pedestrian wearing Zulu traditional attire walks in the Pretoria Central Business District (CBD), South Africa on September 23, 2025, ahead of the national heritage day. (Photo by Phill Magakoe/AFP Photo)