Boys play football outside their homes in Dakhla city, Western Sahara, Monday, December 21, 2020. U.S. plans to open a consulate in Western Sahara mark a turning point for the disputed and closely policed territory. U.S. recognition of Morocco’s authority over the land frustrates indigenous Sahrawis seeking independence. But others see the future U.S. consulate as a major boost for Western Sahara cities like Dakhla. (Photo by Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo)





A man sits next to a tea jug monument in central Dakhla, Western Sahara, Monday, December 21, 2020. (Photo by Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo)





Students from Opebi Junior Grammar School, wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, attend lessons in Lagos Nigeria, Monday, January 18, 2021. Nigeria officials resumed both public and private schools on Monday for students following months of closure to curb the spread of coronavirus. as cases increase in the country. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Security forces patrol the streets of Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, January 14, 2021.Ugandans are voting in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate as security forces try to stop supporters of leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine from monitoring polling stations. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)





Children are seen at a class as Ibrahim Yawesse teaches the holy book Quran to children on wooden boards after he transformed his home into a madrasah in Bangui, Central African Republic on January 5, 2021. Students who attend the lessons in makeshift huts without notebooks and the book, erase the Quran verses written on the wooden boards after memorizing them. (Photo by Nacer Talel/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A soldier from Territorial Intervention Brigade 6 ( BIT6) of the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) wears an artisanal balaclava, in Boali, January 10, 2021. (Photo by Florent Vergnes/AFP Photo)





A mime artist performs for tips at a busy intersection in Johannesburg on New Year's Eve Thursday, December 31, 2020. Due a countrywide lockdown with a 9pm curfew, street celebration are banned and President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged people to light candles for those affected by the pandemic instead of fireworks. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)





A worshipper wearing a face mask, holds a lit candle prior to a morning Christmas Mass at the Rosebank Catholic Church in Johannesburg, Friday, December 25, 2020. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)





A Senegalese police gets covered in flames as he tries to put-out a fire, after protests erupted during a curfew in Dakar on January 6, 2021. Senegalese President Macky Sall announced on the evening on January 6 the state of emergency with a night curfew for two regions including Dakar to stop the rise of the coronavirus. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers attend a religious service at the Eyesus Church in the city of Alamata, Ethiopia, on December 12, 2020. (Photo by Eduardo Soteras/AFP Photo)





World champion and Olympic vice-champion, Niger's taekwondoist Abdoulrazal Alfaga gives a taekwondo class, on December 22, 2020, in Niamey, Niger. Abdoulrazak Alfaga became an idol in Niger at the age of 26 after practicing his sport in secret. He is aiming for gold next summer in Tokyo to become the first Olympic champion of his country, one of the poorest in the world. (Photo by Issouf Sanogo/AFP Photo)





Frontline workers attend a candlelight ceremony on New Year's Eve on the famed Nelson Mandela Bridge in downtown Johannesburg Thursday, December 31, 2020. Many South Africans will swap firecrackers for candles to mark New Year's Eve amid COVID-19 restrictions including a nighttime curfew responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa's call to light a candle to honor those who have died in the COVID-19 pandemic and the health workers who are on the frontline of battling the disease. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)





Parishioners wearing face mask to protect against coronavirus, attend a morning Christmas Mass at Holy Cross Cathedral in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday December 25, 2020. Africa's top public health official says another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, but further investigation is needed. The discovery could add to new alarm in the pandemic after similar variants were announced in recent days in Britain and South Africa and sparked the swift return of travel restrictions. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Members of the Saaberie Chishty Burial Society prepare the body of a person who died from COVID-19 at the Avalon Cemetery in Lenasia, Johannesburg Saturday December 26, 2020. South Africa’s health minister has announced an “alarming rate of spread” in the country, with more than 14,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 400 deaths reported Wednesday. It was the largest single-day increase in cases. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/AP Photo)





Police officers gesture during a patrol on New Year's day as a nighttime curfew is reimposed in Johannesburg, South Africa on January 1, 2021. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)





Funeral workers wearing personal protective equipment carry a casket during the burial of a COVID-19 victim at the Olifantsvlei cemetery, south-west of Joburg, South Africa, January 6, 2021. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)





A woman walks while carrying pineapples on her head on a street in Kampala, Uganda on January 12, 2021. (Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters)





A boy carries jerricans to be filled at Khabrou Layene mosque, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Yoff neighbourhood of Dakar, Senegal on January 12, 2021. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





A girl wearing a face mask watches her mother eating outside their one-room house, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Medina neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal on January 18, 2021. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against coronavirus outbreak walk back home from work in Spruitview near Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, January 8, 2021. (Photo by Themba Hadebe/AP Photo)