Some of the best images taken by Reuters photographers from across the continent.

There was confusion and panic at a burial as the coffin refused to fit in the shallow grave. As the pallbearers tried to fix ...

A video captured the moment an unfortunate incident occurred as pallbearers carried a coffin en route to the graveThey bore ...

Nigerian security forces fired tear gas on Monday (October 20) to disperse protesters near the Transcorp Hilton hotel in the ...

Patricia Amankwaah, a Ghanaian woman who passed away during a candlelight vigil for Daddy Lumba in Hamburg on August 10, 2025 ...

Before the tides of modernisation swept through the Luo community, death was handled with quiet dignity, simplicity and a profound sense of collective respect. Traditionally, when someone died, the ...