Beauty queens and State House visits: this week in pictures

Sauti Sol group members pose with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre), President Uhuru Kenyatta and their respective spouses. PHOTO | COURTESY  

In Summary

In this week's picture story, we feature newly crowned beauty queens and the artists that got calls from State House. Enjoy!

By FAITH ONEYA
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Members of the musical group Sauti Sol pose with President Uhuru Kenyatta (third left) at State House, Nairobi. PHOTO | COURTESY

Children dance during an electronic dance music party at a night club in New York on October 26, 2014. The VIP Room threw open its doors to children aged six to 12 on a Sunday afternoon to give them a taste of the nightclub, electronic music and dance scene. AFP PHOTO | JEWEL SAMAD

Carrie Ndoka and Maina Maseeti with their sons Taj, Uba and Rio during the interview on October 24, 2014. Carrie Ndoka had two of her three children at home, but not because she could not afford to go to hospital. PHOTO| JENNIFER MUIRURI

Indian dancer Lakshmi Vishwanathan performs during the exhibition "The Kama Sutra: spirituality and erotism in Indian art" at the Pinacotheque in Paris on October 1, 2014 in Paris. The exhibition takes place from October 2, 2014 until January 11, 2015. PHOTO | AFP

An online retailer in California is making no apologies for marketing Ebola-themed outfits for grown-ups looking to add some shock value to their Halloween party get-ups. PHOTO | BRANDSONSALE.COM

Collins Okello of Jaduong' Arts works on a portrait of President Uhuru Kenyatta at his house in Kisumu. He had an opportunity to present the portrait to President Kenyatta at State House on October 27, 2014. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

An eight-foot angel was spotted flying in London. The black heavenly spirit flew over Pater Noster Square in front of the capital's St. Paul's Cathedral shocking commuters with its imposing eight-foot wing span.

The sky-scraping scene was pulled off by a stunt team from Syfy — who later moved the Angel to Piccadilly Circus next to the Greek god Eros as well as the Millennium Bridge — to promote their new epic supernatural series "Dominion", which depicts Earth 25 years after God has disappeared, causing a battle between angels and humans to rage in the aftermath. PHOTO | BANG SHOWBIZ

Idah Nguma, the newly crowned Miss World Kenya Machakos County who is a final-year marketing student at Kenyatta University, is crowned by the outgoing Miss World Kenya Wangui Gitonga and Terry Munga of Ashley's after emerging the winner of this year's Miss World Kenya 2014 out of the 24 counties represented at the KICC on October 25, 2014. PHOTO | CHARLES KAMAU

Leah Kalanguka, the newly crowned Miss Uganda, poses for a picture in Kampala on October 26, 2014. PHOTO | AFP

Sauti Sol group members pose with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre), President Uhuru Kenyatta and their respective spouses.

They captioned the photo, “We are so honoured to have performed at a State Banquet at The State House last night, in honour of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his Excellency President of Kenya @ukenyatta #GlobalParnerhipsKE #KENYA #UN Thanking God and #TeamSautiSol for how far the talent in music has taken us. Feels like we just got started #TeamKenya.” PHOTO | COURTESY