Snapshots

Ready to vote: A man goes through a security check at a polling station in Windhoek, capital of Namibia, on Nov 28. as the country's fifth post-independence presidential and National Assembly election were held. Zhang Chen / Xinhua

Wheels of joy: One of the participating motorcycles at the end venue of the Toy Run, an annual motorcycle charity ride, in Benoni, Gauteng province, South Africa, on Nov 30. Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua

Double take: Models present fashion creations of DYC Inc during Nairobi Fashion Week in the Kenyan capital on Nov 30. Meng Chenguang / Xinhua

One more time: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives at the venue for the ruling ZANU-PF party's elective congress in Harare on Dec 1. At the congress, due to last until Dec 7, Mugabe, 90, was expected to be elected the party's leader for the next five years and be its presidential candidate for the general election in 2018. Xinhua

Tragic return: A mourner at the Nairobi City Mortuary moments after the bodies of 36 people killed in an attack by Somali militants in a quarry in Mandera, northern Kenya, arrived in the capital on Dec 2. Simbi Kumba / Xinhua

Frankly speaking: France's President Francois Hollande, fourth from right, addresses a news conference of the 15th Francophonie Summit in Dakar, Senegal, on Nov 30. Li Jing / Xinhua

Right on track: Nigeria's Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, second from right, tightens the last screw of the railway line at the completion ceremony of the track laying work of Nigeria's first standard-gauge railway in Abuja on Dec 1. Cheng Guangming / Xinhua