Piercings and prayers: Africa's top shots

People attach limes and flowers to their bodies with sharp rods and hooks to show their devotion and gratitude to Lord Murugan, a Hindu deity... [Rajesh Jantilal / AFP]

Devotees sometimes dance in a trance. [Rajesh Jantilal / AFP]

In Uganda on Monday, supporters of Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son President Yoweri Museveni, ride to parliament during an anti-corruption demonstration. [Abubaker Lubowa / Reuters]

On Wednesday, two Egyptian women prepare traditional cheese at a community centre in Giza, Egypt. [Khaled Desouki / AFP]

A man wrapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo flag attends a demonstration in Belgium on Saturday to protest against the ongoing conflict in the central African country. [Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP]

The next day in the DR Congo itself, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo prays for peace with congregants at the Notre Dame du Congo Cathedral in the capital, Kinshasa. [Hardy Bope / AFP]

The Chinese community in South Africa, the largest on the continent, ushers in the Lunar New Year with a dragon float in Johannesburg on Saturday... [Christian Velcich / AFP]

While two young women wearing traditional attire sit inside a massage parlour in Cyryldene, the Chinese district. [Christian Velcich / AFP]

On Wednesday, a pampered pup gets a trim in a mobile pet salon in Tunis, Tunisia. [Mohamed Messara / EPA]

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