A selection of photos from across the African continent this week:

Popole Misenga, a judoka from Democratic Republic of Congo who is part of the first-ever Olympic team of refugees, poses with his son on Friday at their home in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

Nigerian Golden State Warriors' Festus Ezeli dunks on Monday while Congolese Oklahoma City Thunder Serge Ibaka (L) looks on during the NBA Western Conference finals in Oakland, California.

On Wednesday, this supporter of Kenya's Orange Democratic Movement, which is part of the opposition Cord alliance, attends a rally in the capital, Nairobi...

At the same event, one opposition supporter cuts a striking image in the middle of the crowd.

In the Johannesburg township of Soweto, South African ballet dancers attend a class on Tuesday. The aim is for the students to eventually open their own schools in the main townships.

Nigerian actor Wale Ojo poses on Wednesday while boarding a plane from Lagos to Paris where his new film The CEO will headline for Nollywood Week Paris. The film actually had its premiere on the flight.

Also on Wednesday, South African schoolchildren eat their lunch at Cape Town's Two Oceans Aquarium - the largest aquarium in Africa.

Children in Nairobi take part in a performance on Tuesday to mark South Korean President Park Geun-hye's visit to Kenya....

South Korean youths also take part in the show, showing off some high-flying taekwondo moves.

Up in the air too, but this time in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday as a horse rider performs a jump during a local competition.

And it's a serious business in Mali's capital, Bamako, on Sunday during the first-ever International Arm Wrestling Championship.