A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
Praise singers in traditional regalia dressed up on Good Friday for a church service in Johannesburg, South Africa...
While these Christians carry a cross during a silent march in Durban, South Africa...
The following day, an Ethiopian Orthodox priest blesses the faithful in Addis Ababa.
A Sudanese girl shows off her face tatoos on Sunday at a local market 480 km from the capital Khartoum.
Members of Zimbabwe's Guard of Honour go on parade on Tuesday as part of celebrations marking the country's 37 years of independence from Britain.
The memorial of the "Unknown Soldier" in Egypt's capital Cairo pictured on Thursday during a visit of US Defense Secretary James Mattis.
The same day, in Morocco's capital Rabat, a female MP is pictured as she walks across the floor at joint meeting of parliament.
This shot taken on Friday shows an antelope by a pond in a national reserve in Sudan.
A day earlier on Wednesday, female fighters from Islamist militant groups take their seat in a reform and rehabilitation centre in Libya's capital Tripoli.
In neighbouring Tunisia, where officials recently launched a project against child labour, a boy on Friday sells clothes at a market in the capital Tunis.
Images courtesy of AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters
