A selection of photos from across the African continent this week:
Somali girls play a game of football during their lunch break on Wednesday at a school south of the capital, Mogadishu.
On Saturday, Nigerian chiefs pose for a selfie during the independence day celebrations in the city of Lagos...
Drummers are amongst those entertaining guests at the event marking Nigeria's 56th birthday.
On Sunday, Sufi Egyptians celebrate al-Hijra, the Islamic New Year, in old Cairo...
This boy is part of the crowds welcoming in the year 1438.
On Wednesday, Ethiopian railway stewardesses line up at the opening of the Ethiopia-Djibouti electric line in Addis Ababa. The new passenger and freight service cuts the journey time between the countries from three days by road to about 12 hours.
The next day, models in the Ethiopian capital present the latest designs during one of the events for Hub of Africa Fashion week.
People march in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Sunday to mark 29 years since Thomas Sankara was killed in a coup. The anti-imperialist revolutionary was seen by many as Africa's Che Guevara.
The next day, children in Alexandra township in the South African city of Johannesburg attend a ballet class.
A boy carries his father's boots salvaged from their submerged home in the Nigerian state of Ogun on Wednesday. The Ogun river flooded its banks after waters were released from the Oyan Dam earlier in the week.
The next day, soldiers relax in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, during the opening of parliament.
And a woman savours the taste of chocolate in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan during an event to mark national chocolate day. The West African nation is the world's largest cocoa producer.
Images courtesy of AP, AFP, EPA, PA and Reuters
