In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
Cameramen shoot a scene for ‘Two Brides and a Baby’ in Lagos. Budgets are small, so production values are low. But advances in digital photography mean that good-quality footage can be had fairly inexpensively: Videographer Abdullahi Dop (l.) is using a Canon 7D, a professional still camera set on video mode, to record the scene. Joseph Penney
Actress Keira Hewatch brushes her hair before playing a scene in ‘Two Brides.’ Joseph Penney
The makeup artist for ‘Two Brides and a Baby,’ a Nigerian film directed by Teco
A makeup artist puts the final touches on actors Blessing Egbe (left) and Kalu Ikeagwu (r) before shooting a scene for Two Brides and a Baby. Ms. Egbe co-directed and produced the film as well as acted in the female lead. The scene of a domestic dispute is shot in her own home just ouside Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. Joseph Penney
A scene from the film is shot in a newly constructed gated community on the outskirts of Lagos. Nollywood movies often are set in affluent neighborhoods with flat-screen
A Nollywood film vendor awaits customers at a video store in Lagos Joseph Penney
Most Nollywood films are distributed direct-to-disc or televised. Video piracy is a big problem: Discs like these at a video store in Lagos sell for $3. But the VCDs (an early DVD format still widely used in developing countries) are easily duplicated and sell for pennies on the black market. Joseph Penney
Posters for Nollywood movies in Yoruba, one of Nigeria's main indigenous languages, hang over the crowded Mushin market in Lagos Joseph Penney
Vendors chat in front of an official Nollywood market in the Surulere district of Lagos. Joseph Penney
The Silverbird Cinema is seen in Lagos. The Silverbird was Nigeria's first modern multi-screen cinema and shows Nollywood films alongside Hollywood productions. The theater is housed in a larger, American-style mall, replete with a food court, electronic stores, clothing boutiques, and massive advertisements. Joseph Penney
Friends watch a wrestling scene in a Nollywood movie at a home in the Shomolu district of Lagos. Nollywood films are very popular across English-speaking Africa. Joseph Penney
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
5 dead in bank robbery? A gunmen shot four people in a bank, took a hostage, and then killed himself. Early reports said it was a bank robbery, but Israeli police are not so sure.
A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba Monday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said.
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