Jorge Lorenzo has posed for photographs by Joan Valls for a collection named ‘A tear for Africa’, that has been arranged by the journalist in order to raise money for the non-governmental organisation Caya-Africa, a charity known for aiding imrpovement to the life expectancy of the continent.

Lorenzo was photographed in a shirt of the Spanish champions with a black tear below his left eye, along with others who were part of the photoshoot. FC Barcelona players Lionel Messi, Carles Puyol and Gerard Piqué, RCD Espanyol’s Carlos Kameni and Raúl Tamudo, swimmer Gemma Mengual and tennis stars Maria Kirilenko, Carla Suárez and Anabel Medina also participated, the exhibition will be premiered in Barcelona on February 11th.

Lorenzo will now depart for Malaysia for the initial MotoGP Test of 2010 at the Sepang International Circuit, which begins from February 3rd-5th.