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Africa's top shots: 29 September - 5 October 2017

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

News imageAFP Maitre Gims pulls the beard of his wax look alike at the Musee Grevin wax museum in Paris, France - Monday 2 October 2017AFP
Maitre Gims, a rapper born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, poses next to a wax sculpture of himself as its unveiling in France's capital, Paris, on Monday.
News imageAFP Moroccan military planes release trails of white smoke Casablanca, Morocco - Saturday 30 September 2017AFP
Moroccan military planes release trails of white smoke in Casablanca to mark the 60th anniversary of the national airline Royal Air Maroc on Saturday...
News imageAFP A girl reaches up towards military paragliders in Casablanca, Morocco - Saturday 30 September 2017AFP
Moroccan military paragliders also took part in the display watched by crowds on the seafront.
News imageEPA Women attend the Frelimo congress in Maputo, Mozambique - Sunday 1 October 2017EPA
The next day, creative tailoring is on display at the ruling Frelimo party congress in Mozambique. The material is emblazoned with the face of Filipe Nyusi, Mozambique's president and Frelimo leader.
News imageAFP Angolan model Maria Borges taking part in a L'Oreal fashion show in Paris, France - Sunday 1 October 2017AFP
On the same day, Angolan model Maria Borges takes part in a fashion show on a catwalk set up on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris.
News imageAFP Moroccan actress Nadia Kounda kisses her award for her award for best actress, El-Gouna, Egypt - Friday 29 September 2017AFP
Moroccan actress Nadia Kounda kisses the award for her role in the film Volubilis at a film festival in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of El-Gouna on Friday.
News imageReuters People taking part in the Irreecha festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia - Sunday 1 October 2017Reuters
A couple sprinkle themselves with water on Sunday during celebrations for Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people in the Ethiopian town of Bishoftu...
News imageAFP Men march at the Irreecha festival in Ethiopia - Sunday 1 October 2017AFP
The annual event marks the end of the rainy season. Last year, a deadly stampede at the festival sparked anti-government unrest.
News imageReuters A man catapults a stone in Kisumu, Kenya - Monday 2 October 2017Reuters
The next day, a Kenyan opposition protester, demanding the sacking of electoral officials ahead of the re-run of the presidential poll, throws stones at riot policemen in Kisumu.
News imageAFP A man taking a selfie in Nairobi, Kenya - Wednesday 4 October 2017AFP
In Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday, a resident takes a selfie overlooking the Kibera slum.
News imageReuters People carrying crates of beer away from a truck, near Johannesburg, South Africa - Friday 29 September 2017Reuters
People help themselves to beer from a truck that crashed on a motorway outside South Africa's city of Johannesburg on Friday.
News imageEPA Canoeists on Emmarencia Dam in central Johannesburg, South Africa - Tuesday 3 October 2017EPA
Four days later, canoeists train in the early morning fog on the Emmarencia Dam in central Johannesburg.
News imageReuters Migrants on a wood boat in the Mediterranean - Saturday 30 September 2017Reuters
Migrants on a wooden boat await rescue from a German vessel some 50 nautical miles (90 nautical kilometres) north of the Tunisian-Libyan land border on Saturday.
News imageReuters Chess players in Khartoum, Sudan - Friday 29 September 2017Reuters
And competitors search for checkmate during the Sudan National Chess Championship in preparation for the Olympics in the capital, Khartoum, on Friday.

Images courtesy of AFP, EPA and Reuters