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Africa's week in pictures: 14-20 September 2018

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

News imageBBC Tigrinya Woman's hands with hennaBBC Tigrinya
A woman beautifies her hands with sasla, a local plant used in the same way as henna, at a wedding in Adigrat town in northern Ethiopia on Sunday...
News imageBBC Tigrinya Woman cooksBBC Tigrinya
Other women cook a spicy meat stew, called zigni, wearing bracelets handed out by one of the guests, BBC Tigrinya's Girmay Gebru...
News imageBBC Tigrinya Guests use sticks to dip balls made from barley, called tihlo, into the dish usually served on special occasions.BBC Tigrinya
Guests use sticks to dip balls made from barley, called tihlo, into the dish usually served on special occasions.
News imageBBC Across the border in Ethiopia, one-time jailed politician Kefiyalew Tefera is dressed on Saturday in the colours of the Oromo Liberation Front to celebrate the return of the group's exiled leadersBBC
In the capital, Addis Ababa, one-time jailed politician Kefiyalew Tefera is dressed in the colours of the Oromo Liberation Front. He is celebrating the return of the former rebel group's leaders from exile.
News imageAFP Kenyan men make slippers decorated with beads at the open-air Kariokor market in Nairobi September 20, 2018AFP
Kenyan men make slippers decorated with beads at an open-air market in the capital Nairobi on Thursday.
News imageAFP Sierra Leonean children attend the first day of the new school year on September 17, 2018, at the Freetown secondary shcool, after the government launched a programme of free primary and secondary educationAFP
Sierra Leonean children in the capital Freetown attend the first day of their new school year on Monday after the government launched a free primary and secondary education programme.
News imageAFP A woman sells second-hand books and magazines at a roadside bookshop in Ivory Coast"s largest city Abidjan on September 19, 2018.AFP
While a woman sells second-hand books and magazines at a roadside bookshop in Ivory Coast's largest city Abidjan on Wednesday.
News imageAFP Ivorian reggae singer Seydou Kone, aka Alpha Blondy, gestures as he signs copies of his new album "Human Race" in Abidjan on September 15, 2018.AFP
Still in Abidjan, popular reggae singer Alpha Blondy gestures as he signs copies of his new album Human Race on Saturday.
News imageReuters Volunteers clean a street of Treichville during the world clean up day in Abidjan, Ivory Coast September 15, 2018.Reuters
While elsewhere in the city, residents show a strong community spirit by getting together to clean their neighbourhood.
News imageReuters A man makes his way through flood waters in Kogi State, Nigeria September 17, 2018.Reuters
On Monday, a man makes his way through flood waters in Kogi state in central Nigeria. The floods have claimed the lives of about 100 people across Nigeria in the past two weeks.
News imageEPA A man stands outside an illegally erected shack on unstable sand dunes in Monwabisi, Cape Town, South Africa, 18 September 2018. The area has seen thousands of illegal shacks being erected over the past months.EPA
The next day in South Africa, storm clouds gather as a man stands in front of a shack built on unstable sand in a poor neighbourhood of Cape Town.
News imageAFP A supporter of Zimbabwe"s ruling ZANU-PF party wears latex gloves as the president visits a medical camp for people suffering from cholera set up outside the Glen View polyclinic on September 19, 2018, in Harare.AFP
On Wednesday, a supporter of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party wears latex gloves and a T-shirt with the image of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is visiting a medical centre for people suffering from cholera in the capital Harare...
News imageEPA A member of the presidential guard stands at attention as Zimbabwe"s president arrives to review the guard of honour ahead of delivering his inaugural address at the parliament in Harare, September 18, 2018. - Emmerson Mnangagwa gave his first state of the nation address following the July elections which the opposition claims to have won.EPA
A day earlier, a sword-carrying presidential guard stands at attention as Mr Mnangagwa arrives in parliament...
News imageAFP President Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to leave the State House to give his first inaugural address at the parliament in Harare, September 18, 2018.AFP
His first state of the nation address follows his victory in disputed elections in July.

Pictures from AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters