A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week:
Children at the Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe's capital on Sunday have better things to do than watch cricket...
But a cricket scoreboard operator is attentively following the game in Harare between between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.
On the same day, crowds cheer in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, as Harouna Ilboudo wins the 10-day Tour du Faso cycle race.
Dancers perform during the All Africa Music Awards (Afrima) ceremony in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Sunday night…
Ghanaian hip-hop group VVIP scooped two awards - for best music group and best music video - as well as wowing the crowd.
Protesters hold the flag of the Amazigh people, the indigenous North African community, at a demonstration in Morocco's capital, Rabat, on Sunday…
A similar anti-government demonstration is held in the northern city of Al-Hoceima on the same day, both prompted by the death of a fish-seller who was crushed in a refuse lorry as he tried to retrieve fish confiscated by police.
Bikers show their skills in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Monday…
One of them has a portrait of Gen Khalifa Haftar, who is leading the battle against Islamist militias in the city, on his motorbike.
A group of Maasai men near the Kenyan town of Saikeri huddle down to listen to the radio for news about the US election on Tuesday.
In Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Sunday, dogs take part in the "Shaggy Dog Show", which has a fancy dress category - with one contestant sporting a Father Christmas outfit that fails to impress a fellow competitor.
A boy looks out to sea on Lido beach in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Friday…
Later that day, Somali fisherman carry a huge fish from their vessels to shore.
Images courtesy of AP, AFP and Reuters
