A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
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Models at the Namuwongo Reclaimed Shebang Fashion Show in Uganda wear clothes made from recycled rubbish in Kampala on Saturday.
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On Friday, a fisherman sets to work in the Banc d’Arguin National Park in northern Mauritania.
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People swim in the sea as the sun sets over the Libyan coastal town of Qarabuli on Saturday.
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On Thursday, fans watch Mali take on Israel in football at the Paris Olympics…
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In a match that ended in a 1-1 draw.
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Also in Paris, Togolese rower Akoko Komlanvi, pictured on Wednesday, flies the flag in her own way with matching braids and nails in Togo’s national colours.
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South African opera singers Brittany Smith and Lukhanyo Moya rehearse in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
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On the same day, Ghana’s Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is hosted by the UK’s King Charles at Sandringham Estate.
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Kenyan journalists chant “police don’t respect media rights” at a rally on Wednesday following attacks on reporters covering anti-government protests in the country.
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Hundreds of people have been killed after a landslide struck their village in Ethiopia’s remote Gofa zone. Meselech Gosaye tells the BBC on Thursday that her husband and one of her sons died trying to rescue other people.
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South Sudan’s basketballers almost beat Team USA in a barnstorming performance on Saturday. But the Americans pipped them 101-100 thanks to a matching-winning shot in the final eight seconds.
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Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam rides inside the barrel of a wave in Tahiti on Wednesday.
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And a schoolgirl walks in the rain in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, on Wednesday.
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