Pictures from Africa

A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.

Ghanaian Olympic slalom skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong puts on his ski boots for a photo opportunity at the Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England, Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong will compete in the slalom and giant slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

An injured demonstrator lies on the street during a protest in Abobo, a northern suburb of Ivory Coast's capital Abidjan, February 22, 2010. Protests have erupted almost daily in the world's top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved his government and the electoral commission on February 12, and the military killed at least five protesters at a rally on Friday.

Supporters of a military coup, which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, demonstrate in front of the National Assembly in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger's capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation's strongman president.

Somali government soldiers inspect a taxi in the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2010.