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

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.

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.

Kenyan athletes on Friday try out prototypes of trainers designed and created in the East African nation, which is famous for its runners.

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.

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...

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 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.

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.

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.

Residents in Uganda's eastern city of Jinja march to mark International Albinism Awareness Day on Monday...

On the same day, an albino girl plays with a friend on Ukerewe island in Tanzania, where people with albinism have been faced attack.

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.