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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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A sun-baked Senegal village erupts in color for one of Africa’s biggest dance festivals

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Twenty-five dance companies from across Africa descended on a small Senegalese fishing village over the weekend for the African Dance Biennial, the continent’s largest showcase of contemporary African dance.

Dozens of dancers in vivid oranges, greens and blues stomped, leaped and collapsed into the sand of the sun-baked village of Toubab Dialao, an hour from the capital Dakar.

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