Crowds cheered as Pope Francis was driven through Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday. An attendee waving the flag of the Democratic Republic ...

In Dakar on the same day the flag flies ... elections. Images subject to copyright. Kigali accuses the central African organisation Eccas of pandering to the demands of Kinshasa.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent ... On the same day in South Africa, Amabutho Zulu regiments hold a British flag captured during the annual re-enactment of the ...

A base jumper leaps from a tower during the International Tower Jump in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Pope Francis is greeted by worshipers at a cathedral in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Many of those celebrating the first-ever victory of an opposition candidate took to the streets of the capital, Kinshasa ... pictured on Friday in the South African city of Johannesburg.

Seventeen countries declared independence that year, which became known as the Year of Africa. And with the coming of its 60th anniversary, the idea for this project was born. We selected images ...