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Africa's week in pictures: 16-22 June 2017

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

News imageAFP A coffin containing the remains of the former leader of the Khoi people, David Stuurman, is lowered into the groundAFP
The remains of the former leader of the Khoi people, David Stuurman, who fought colonial rule in South Africa before being exiled to Australia in the 1820s, are finally laid to rest in the Easten Cape last Friday.
News imageAFP A makeshift terminal of tents at Juba Airport in Juba, South SudanAFP
While the third terminal at Juba Airport in South Sudan is under construction, travellers are sheltered from the elements by tents, as this Friday picture shows.
News imageEPA Young boys dressed in the Zimbabwean National Army uniform on Saturday in Harare to mark The Day of The African ChildEPA
Young boys dress in the Zimbabwean National Army uniform on Saturday in Harare to mark The Day of The African Child.
News imageReuters A young girl performs yoga exercises in Durban, South AfricaReuters
On Sunday, people loosen up in Durban, South Africa ahead of International Yoga Day.
News imageAFP Masai warriors play a British army teamAFP
Also on Sunday, Masai warriors in Kenya play a British army team in a cricket match which aimed to raise the plight of the northern white rhino.
News imageEPA Tunisian members of the El Hadhra Chants Soufis group perform in Sidi Bou Said, near Tunis in TunisiaEPA
Tunisian members of the El Hadhra Chants Soufis perform near Tunis on Sunday.
News imageAFP The circular, newly-installed pavilion at London's Serpentine GalleryAFP
The newly-installed pavilion at London's Serpentine Gallery, designed by Burkinabe architect, Diebedo Francis Kere, is previewed on Tuesday.
News imageReuters A man carries food to tables of Muslims eating their Iftar (breaking of fast) meal during Ramadan in BenghaziReuters
A man carries food to tables of Muslims eating their Iftar (breaking of fast) meal during Ramadan in Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday.
News imageAFP Nigerian fisherman work on a river blackened by oil pollutionAFP
Fishermen cast their nets on Thursday on Nigeria's Bodo River, which has been devastated by pollution.

Images courtesy of AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters