The Pan-African film and television festival – in pictures

An official walks around the stadium during the opening of the Pan-African film and television festival at the Stadium 4 Août in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Nearly 170 films from all over the continent will be shown during the week long biannual festival Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

A woman carries carrots on her head, right, as she walks past performers rehearsing on the red carpet outside Cinema Burkina Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Performers wearing traditional costumes watch the opening of the festival at the stadium Photograph: NIC BOTHMA/EPA

A photographer moves into position during the opening of the festival Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

A sunglasses salesman walks down a street in Ouagadougou Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Women wait for a screening outside Cinema Burkina Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Schoolboys look at film posters outside the open-air Cinema Patte d’Oie Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Soldiers stand guard at the entrace to Cinema Burkina Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

A girl from Burkina Faso looks at a photographic exhibition Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Luc-Adolphe Tiao, prime minister of Burkina Faso, speaks to journalists outside Cinema Burkina during the festival Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Girls watch an outdoor film screening Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

A man looks at film posters outside the open-air Cinema Patte d’Oie Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

A projectionist walks around an old film projector at the open-air Cinema Patte d’Oie Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

A chef chops meat at a roadside restaurant and nightclub Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

A soldier sits inside the lobby of Cinema Neerwaya Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Festivalgoers watch an open-air film screening in Ouagadougou Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA