A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
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It’s time for football on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal, where these men play on sand near the beach.
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Farm workers harvest apricots in northern Egypt on Sunday, which is not a day of rest in the Muslim-majority country.
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Women take to the dancefloor on a night out in Nigeria’s capital city…
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This club in Abuja has various selfie booths for customers to enjoy.
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Eleven-year-old Ghanaian spelling whizz Cyleane Equra Ama Quansah competes at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the US on Tuesday. The event attracts contestants aged between 8 and 14 from across the world.
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City of Pantsula group members gear up ahead of the Hillbrow Street Parade on Saturday…
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Dancers, musicians and residents come together for the event each year in the South African city of Johannesburg.
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French-Algerian couple Karim Benzema and Lyna Khoudri set tongues wagging on Thursday with their first red carpet appearance together….
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The footballer and actress were attending the Cannes Film Festival.
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Mayar Sherif of Egypt eyes the ball in her tennis match against Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova on Monday during the French Open in Paris.
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On Sunday, women strolling the streets of Algeria’s capital take in a mural praising local football team MC Alger.
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Members of a South African Isicathamiya group sing their hearts out during a showcase in Durban on Saturday. Isicathamiya is a distinctive, a capella chorus style said to originate from migrant Zulu communities.
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Rangers use trackers to check up on a herd of elephants on Friday in the vast Upemba National Park, in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Wildlife here is vulnerable to poachers and armed groups.
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It’s a slow Wednesday for this shopkeeper waiting for customers in Morocco’s capital city, Rabat.
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This large tuna is among the fish on sale at a market in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Friday.
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Giant African land snails feed on mangos, lettuce and cucumber as they are shown off at the International Exhibition of Agriculture and Animals Resources in Ivory Coast on Sunday.
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French-Cameroonian singer Yamê poses for the camera at a photocall in Paris on Tuesday.
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On Friday, a trio of Saluki dogs gambol on a beach in Tunisia.
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