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Africa's week in pictures: 2 June - 8 June 2017

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.

News imageAFP models waits backstage to enter the catwalk at the Africa Fashion Week in Lagos on June 3, 2017.AFP
Models wait backstage ahead of the Africa Fashion Week in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, on Saturday.
News imageAFP Models wait to enter the catwalk displaying creations of the Nigerian designer Nkem who is only 13 at the Africa Fashion Week in Lagos on June 3, 2017.AFP
The event showcases the best in contemporary African fashion from Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana and Zambia.
News imageReuters A macaw is seen at Africano animals park, along the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, Egypt June 7, 2017.Reuters
On Thursday in Egypt, a macaw is seen at the Africano animal park, along the Cairo-Alexandria desert road.
News imageReuters Displaced people carry their belongings to get away from flood during heavy rain at Nyala locality in South Darfur, Sudan 3 June 2017.Reuters
While a horse pulls the goods of people fleeing heavy rains in Sudan's Darfur region on Saturday.
News imageReuters A man runs from sea spray as storms hit Cape Town, South Africa, June 7, 2017.Reuters
In South Africa's Cape Town city on Wednesday, a photographer braves the storm to capture raging waves.
News imageReuters A man takes a picture of sea spray as storms hit Cape Town, South Africa, June 7, 2017.Reuters
It was the worst winter storm to hit Cape Town in some three decades.
News imageEPA Tunisian members of the group El Hadhra Chants Soufis perform during the Festival de La Medina at the Municipal Theater in Tunis, Tunisia, 06 June 2017EPA
On Tuesday, Tunisian members of a band perform at festival in the capital, Tunis.
News imageEPA Tunisian members of the group El Hadhra Chants Soufis perform during the Festival de La Medina at the Municipal Theater in Tunis, Tunisia, 06 June 2017EPA
The annual festival is held during the Islamic month of Ramadan and is a celebration of the mystical Sufi sect.
News imageReuters An albino woman waits for food rations at an internally displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria June 6, 2017Reuters
In north-eastern Nigeria, a woman waits for food rations at a camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri city.
News imageReuters A girl walks through makeshift sheds at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria June 6, 2017.Reuters
She is among thousands of people taking shelter in the camp to escape attacks by militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
News imageEPA Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (L) and his wife Grace (R) smile after arriving at the Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera, about 100 kilometers east of HarareEPA
On Friday, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace smile after arriving for a rally in eastern Marondera town.
News imageReuters Supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during a rally in MaronderaReuters
It was the first of a series of rallies that the 93-year-old Mr Mugabe addressed to drum up support ahead of next year's presidential election.
News imageReuters Supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attend a rally in Marondera, Zimbabwe,Reuters
The rallies are targeting the youth but that did not stop some of the young at heart from attending.

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