A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
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These designers hit the red carpet at Sun City in South Africa with fashionista flair for the annual National Arts And Culture Awards on Friday.
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It is all fancy dress at South Africa’s Comic Con Africa Championships of Cosplay in Johannesburg on Thursday as competitors gather backstage before the contest starts.
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Young women celebrate the Virgin Mary at the centuries-old Ashenda festival in Ethiopia’s northern city of Mekelle on Sunday….
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They dress up for the events that take place over three days and braid their hair in a special way. Ashenda means “the tall green grass” in the region’s language.
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On the same day over in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, a Rastafarian man takes part in a prayer ceremony.
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Bikers roll into Nairobi on Sunday for a parade in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza war.
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There is pomp and ceremony in Brazil the next day as Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu reviews the guard of honour welcoming him to Planalto Palace in Brasília…
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He and his Brazilian counterpart, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, went on to sign various bilateral agreements.
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In Sudan’s city of Omdurman on Saturday some Muslim faithful participate in a procession ahead of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday…
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Later in the week in Khartoum, a Sudanese man stands knee-deep in water after heavy rain as workers try to use a pump to drain the flooded road.
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In neighbouring Egypt, these children are enjoying their paddling pool in the capital, Cairo, on a hot Tuesday…
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In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday a woman lugs logs in Kibumba.
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On the same day in Tanzania’s main city of Dar es Salaam, it is all smiles for a man attending the launch of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s election campaign.
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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara greets his supporters through the sunroof of his car on Tuesday in Abidjan as he announces his candidacy for October’s election.
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And South Africa’s Springbok women celebrate after scoring a whopping 11 tries to win 66-6 against Brazil at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in the UK on Sunday.
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