A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:Feisal Omar / ReutersA hot Thursday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is as good a time as ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:ESA ALEXANDER / REUTERSThe Cape Town International Kite Festival draws enthusiasts to this beach in South ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:FAREED KOTB / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGESBathers float on salt lakes in the Siwa Oasis, north-western ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:NESE ARI/ ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGESOn Wednesday, women harvest seaweed on the shores of Zanzibar.Per-Anders Pettersson ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:CEM OZDEL / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGESCEM OZDEL / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGESAnother mural at the ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:ZOHRA BENSEMRA / REUTERSIt's time for football on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal, where these men play ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:ESA ALEXANDER / REUTERSPeople watch as wildfires rage across parts of Table Mountain National Park in ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:Issouf Sanogo / AFPOn Wednesday, a boy attempts to outrun his opponents on a sandy football ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:Rajesh Jantilal / AFPRajesh Jantilal / AFPPeople attach limes and flowers to their bodies with sharp ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFPShukri Osman Muse, 25, gets ready to ride her horse in Somalia's ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFPOn Monday, 31-year-old Ange Gnacadja rests on cotton harvested in Soclogbo, Benin.KHALED ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:EPARevellers flood Cape Town's streets on Saturday for Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year), a vibrant ...