Africa in pictures: 10-16 June 2016

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

Man walking his cattle along the beach strewn with plastic bottles following floods in Ghana - Sunday 12 June 2016Image source, EPA
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A herder and his cattle make their way on Sunday across Ghana's Korle Gono beach, strewn plastic bottles washed up after floods in the capital, Accra.

Customs officials holding ivory seized coming from Nigeria in Abidjan, Ivory Cost - Monday 13 June 2016Image source, AFP
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The next day in neighbouring Ivory Coast, customs officials look happy to have found elephant tusks in cargo from Nigeria - the largest seizure in a decade.

Sole of a trainer made in Kenya - Friday 10 June 2016Image source, AFP
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Kenyan athletes on Friday try out prototypes of trainers designed and created in the East African nation, which is famous for its runners.

Kenyan circus performers rehearsing on stage in Glasgow, Scotland - Tuesday 14 June 2016Image source, Getty Images
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Where do you think these "Timbuktu Tumblers" are from? If you answered Mali, you're wrong. It is an acrobatic circus troupe from Kenya - rehearsing in Scotland on Tuesday.

A boy and waits with a box of traditional breads by the roadside on the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria - 13 June 2016Image source, Reuters
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It's a waiting game on Monday for this boy who sells traditional flat bread by the roadside on the outskirts of Algeria's capital, Algiers...

A seller of traditional bread listens to a customer (L) on the edges of a highway during Ramadan on the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria - Monday 13 June 2016Image source, Reuters
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The bread is sold during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and people tend to buy it as they head home to break their fast.

A man makes pancakes in Benghazi, Libya - Wednesday 15 June 2016Image source, Reuters
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A man in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Wednesday makes "qatayefs", which are pancakes that are filled with nuts, cheese and syrup - also popular during Ramadan.

Popcorn vendor in Lagos, NIgeria - Tuesday 14 June 2016Image source, Reuters
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It's popcorn that is popular for those with a sweet tooth in Lagos on Tuesday as vendors weave through the rush-hour traffic in Nigeria's commercial capital.

Candles are lit during a night time vigil in Rabat, Morocco - Wednesday 15 June 2016Image source, AP
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On Wednesday, a candlelight vigil is held in Morocco by the parliament in the capital, Rabat, for the victims of the Orlando nightclub shootings in the US.

People with albinism and others parade the streets - Monday 13 June 2016Image source, AFP
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Residents in Uganda's eastern city of Jinja march to mark International Albinism Awareness Day on Monday...

An albino girl plays with balloons, on Ukerewe island in Tanzania - Monday 13 June 2016Image source, AFP
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On the same day, an albino girl plays with a friend on Ukerewe island in Tanzania, where people with albinism have been faced attack.

Cricketer Taurai Muzarabani bowls in Harare, Zimbabwe - Saturday 11 June 2016Image source, AFP
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And Zimbabwean cricketer Taurai Muzarabani is off to a flying start on Friday as bowls on the first day of the Indian team's tour of Zimbabwe.

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