A selection of photos from around Africa this week.
Actors on the streets of Nigeria's city of Lagos warn about the dangers of malaria on Friday as part of a campaign by a non-profit group behind Moskeeto Armor, a mosquito-repellent fabric.
A student in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, takes a snap on Thursday at an event calling for the release of the Chibok schoolgirls, who have been held for more than a year by Islamist militants.
On the same day, girls in the Libyan city of Benghazi play with a doll inside a classroom where their families have been taking refuge following clashes between rival militias.
Sudan's Habab Hussein takes part in the World Table Tennis Championships in the Chinese city of Suzhou on Monday.
Two days earlier, Laureta Cassinda of Angola competes in the women's shot put final at a para-athletics competition in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.
London marathon winners Eliud Kipchoge (l) of Kenya and Ethiopia's Tifgist Tufa pose by Tower Bridge in the English capital with a trophy on Monday - the day after the event.
Near the South African city of Durban on Saturday, children play football in a camp for those affected by the recent xenophobic violence...
The next day, Malian singer Salif Keita writes a message on an anti-xenophobia banner during the annual Awesome Africa International Arts Festival in Durban.
An electoral official counts up votes on a blackboard at a polling station in Togo's capital, Lome, on Saturday after people had voted in presidential elections.
French-Guinean rapper Alpha Diallo, known as Black M, performs at a festival in the French city of Bourges on Tuesday.
On the same day, Algerians drink alcohol at a bar in the capital, Algiers. Algeria is a Muslim country - and whilst it is not illegal to drink alcohol, it can cause tension with religious groups.
Also on Tuesday, a policeman in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, prepares his weapon before firing a tear-gas canister at protesters...
They have been protesting all week following President Pierre Nkurunziza's announcement that he will be seeking a third term in office.
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara arrives at a stadium in Abidjan on Saturday for his nomination as his ruling coalition's candidate in elections later this year.
On the same day in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, people come out in support of a new electoral code banning those linked to ousted leader Blaise Compaore from running for office.
On Monday, large yellow-fin tuna are brought into a canning factory in Seychelles. The fish are primarily exported to the European market, the BBC Africa Business Report says...
A tagging system at the factory allows the company to track the contents of each can down to the ship which brought it in.
Endangered African penguins are carried in boxes on Friday to be released back into the wild near Cape Town in South Africa…
A local conservation project cares for birds at risk from urbanisation and rehabilitates them for release elsewhere.
In the nearby town of Hout Bay on South Africa's Cape peninsula, the sun sets over the Atlantic behind the Sentinel mountain on Friday.
And in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, hundreds of people line up to watch the first performance of this year's Harare International Festival of the Arts, which continues until 3 May.
