Africa's year in pictures 2022: Carnivals, gallops and tugs of war
Nigeria's Chioma Onyekwere is captured mid-twirl as she moves across the circle at the women's discus final at August's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, which she goes on to win.
Supporters of Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra take a break during a political rally in March at a stadium in the capital, Bangui.
Fans of Senegal's Lions of Teranga celebrate in the capital, Dakar, after the national team win the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time by beating Egypt on penalties in February's final in Cameroon.
Despite January's coup in Burkina Faso - the first of two this year - young jockeys and their horses take to the race course in the capital, Ouagadougou, 10 days after the overthrow of the civilian government.
In Egypt, the month sees the annual Wadi Zalaga race in South Sinai where two Bedouin groups get their children to compete with their finest camels. After his exertions, this camel takes a good stretch in the sand.
Anxious onlookers in northern Morocco gather as rescuers try to save five-year-old Rayan Oram who fell down a well in early February - tragically he died despite efforts to rescue him.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February had a knock-on effect on the cost of petrol across the world including in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where motorcyclists line up at the only outlet not to have raised prices.
Performers with painted faces appear at the start of the annual carnival in April in Bonoua, Ivory Coast, which organisers hope will one day be compared to the celebration in Rio de Janeiro.
Women mourn at a funeral for some of the more than 440 people who died in April's floods in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.
And the year ends with a tug of war as the Suba ethnic group celebrate the Rusinga Cultural Festival in Kenya, two days before Christmas.
