A Muslim worshipper belonging to the Mouride Brotherhood walks towards the sea during the ‘prayer preformed at sea’ ceremony in Dakar on September 21, 2023. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





Muslim worshippers belonging to the Mouride Brotherhood gather on the beach during the “prayer preformed at sea” ceremony in Dakar on September 21, 2023. Followers of the Muslim Mouride brotherhood in Senegal gather for a ceremony celebrating the prayer that the founder of the brotherhood, Cheikh Amadou Bamba, preformed at sea when exiled towards Gabon by the French. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





A group performs on stage during the annual Isicathamiya Competition held in Durban, South Africa on September 23, 2023. (Photo by Rogan Ward/Reuters)





A stableman warms up a polo pony before a match during the Casino Cup at the Nairobi Polo Club in Nairobi on September 23, 2023. Founded in 1907, Nairobi Polo Club is the oldest polo club in East Africa and hosts several prominent tournaments every year. Polo is gaining big popularity in Nairobi as more Kenyans get interested in the polo culture and the lifestyle surrounding it. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





A man carries a child as he wades trough a flooded road following heavy rains in Strand, Western Cape, South Africa on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)





A dog stands behind a barrier as water from heavy flooding flows past in Sir Lowry's Village, close Somerset West on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Rodger Bosch/AFP Photo)





Tourists ride a camel after disembarking a Costa Cruises ship arriving from Italy, at La Goulette port in Tunis, Tunisia, 26 September 2023. The Office of Merchant Shipping and Ports (OMMP) announced the first crossing of the Costa Cruises company, after an absence of eight years due to fears linked to the security situation in Tunisia. (Photo by Mohamed Messara/EPA)





Religious leaders and Ethiopians celebrate the Ethiopian New Year, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Meskel, meaning the Cross in Amharic, is an annual religious Ethiopian holiday among Orthodox Christian believers and the first outdoor feast in the Church calendar. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A group of youth dressed with royal costumes parade during the celebrations of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel in Addis Ababa on September 27, 2023. The Ethiopian Meskel celebration is an annual religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox church that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross in the fourth century by the Roman Empress Helena. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)





Orthodox deacons look on during the celebrations of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel in Addis Ababa on September 27, 2023. The Ethiopian Meskel celebration is an annual religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox church that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross in the fourth century by the Roman Empress Helena. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)





A man sits next to damaged buildings impacted by fatal floods in Derna, Libya on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters)





Two men embrace inside a damaged grocery store affected by fatal floods, in Derna, Libya on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters)





Supporters of eSwatini opposition candidate for the September 29, 2023 legislative elections Nomalungelo Simelane, also called LaZwide, dance during a gathering in Siphofafeni, on September 27, 2023. The king has little tolerance for dissent but she is not shy: the opponent and candidate for the legislative elections on Friday in Eswatini, Nomalungelo Simelane also called LaZwide, raises her fist for democracy during campaign rallies, rare phenomena in the last absolute monarchy of Africa. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





A voter wearing the traditional emahiya attire casts his ballot next to a woman wearing a traditional lihiya attire printed with the portrait of Queen Ndlovukazi, mother of King Mswati III, during Eswatini's parliamentary elections at a voting station at the National High School in Lobamba, on September 29, 2023. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





A person gets their finger marked at a polling station during the Eswatini's parliamentary elections in Mbabane, Eswatini on September 29, 2023. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)





An artisanal carpenter checks on his avocado tree seedling during a break from work at his roadside workshop in the informal settlement of Mathare slum in Nairobi on September 29, 2023. Weakening of the Kenya Shilling along with an increase in the taxation regime has left many Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) flailing in the East African country where a majority of the population is dependent on self-employment for their livelihoods. (Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP Photo)





The body of a dead miner lies on the ground wrapped in a plastic sheet after been retrieved from a collapsed mine shaft in Chegutu, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital Harare, Saturday, September 30 2023. Several people have died from the collapse of a gold mine in Zimbabwe, according to state media reports. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Protesters demonstrate in Accra, Ghana, demanding the resignation of the Bank of Ghana's Governor, Dr Ernest Addison, alongside his two deputies, Tuesday, October 3, 2023. (Photo by Misper Apawu/AP Photo)





Congolese army Colonel Mike Mikombe sits with his lawyer Serge Lukanga in the courtroom after being sentenced to death for murder and other crimes related killing of 56 civilians during a demonstration planned by followers of the Wazalendo sect against the presence of United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and East Africa Community Regional Force (EACRF) at the military auditorium in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Arlette Bashizi/Reuters)





Security officers look at charred bodies of victims of an illegal refinery explosion in Emohua, Niger Delta Nigeria Tuesday, October 3, 2023. At least 15 people have been confirmed dead in a fire outbreak after an illegal oil refinery site exploded in Nigeria's Niger Delta region, locals said Tuesday, with the death toll likely much higher with many bodies completely burned. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)