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Africa's week in pictures: 21-27 September 2018

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

News imageAFP Egyptian actress Passant Shawky pose during a photo shoot at the El Gouna film festival on the Red Sea in Egypt on September 25, 2018.AFP
Actress Passant Shawky strikes a pose for a photo shoot by the Red Sea during Egypt's El Gouna film festival on Tuesday.
News imageAFP Paulus Ambunda of Namibia and Muhamad Ridhwan of Singapore face off during the Roar of Singapore V - The Kings of Lion City Official Press Conference at Sands Expo & Convention Centre on September 25, 2018 in Singapore.AFP
On the same day, Namibian boxer Paulus Ambunda faces off with Singapore's Muhamad Ridhwan ahead of their upcoming IBO Super Bantamweight title fight in Singapore.
News imageAFP Sudanese judo fighters compete during a women competition held in the capital Khartoum on September 22, 2018.AFP
On Saturday, Sudanese judo fighters compete at a women-only event in the capital, Khartoum.
News imageAFP South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa and Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres attend the unveiling ceremony of the Nelson Mandela Statue from the Republic of South Africa on September 24, 2018 at the United Nations in New York.AFP
A life-size statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela is unveiled at the UN's headquarters in New York City on Monday....
News imageAFP South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa and Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres attend the unveiling ceremony of the Nelson Mandela statue from the Republic of South Africa on September 24, 2018 at the United Nations in New York.AFP
..South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) said the statue would serve as a reminder of Nelson Mandela's and South Africa's determination to help create a better world for all.
News imageAFP A snake keeper is seen showing off a python at an agriculture fair on September 25, 2018 in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.AFP
The next day, a snake keeper shows off a python at an agricultural fair in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital, Kinshasa.
News imageAnadolu Agency/Getty Images Ethiopian Christian believers, wearing traditional clothes, celebrate the Meskel Festival, commemorating the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Helena (Saint Helena) in the fourth century in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on September 26, 2018. Thousands of Christian Orthodoxes gathered with their traditional white clothes.Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
On Wednesday, believers gather in Addis Ababa to celebrate the first festival of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian calendar year...
News imageAnadolu Agency/Getty Images Ethiopian Christian believers, wearing traditional clothes, celebrate the Meskel Festival, commemorating the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Helena (Saint Helena) in the fourth century in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on September 26, 2018. Thousands of Christian Orthodoxes gathered with their traditional white clothes.Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
..Meskel Festival marks the moment when St Helena is said to have discovered the cross that Jesus was crucified on.
News imageNurPhoto/Getty Images Students play football in street at the end of the study day on September 24, 2018 in Cairo, Egypt.NurPhoto/Getty Images
On Monday, schoolboys play football on the street in Egypt's capital, Cairo.
News imageAFP Ugandan pop star turned opposition MP, Robert Kyagulanyi better known as Bobi Wine, walks with a cane to attend his media conference at his home in Kampala on September 24, 2018.AFP
On the same day, Ugandan pop star and opposition MP Bobi Wine hosts a media conference at his Kampala home days after returning from the US where he received medical treatment.
News imageAFP People dressed in traditional Volkspele (a traditional Afrikaner dance) attire, dance at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria on Heritage Day on September 24, 2018. - People of Afrikaner descent gathered at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria on September 24, 2018 to celebrate Heritage day.AFP
Also on Monday, Afrikaner communities gather and perform a folk dance called the Volkspele to mark South Africa's annual Heritage Day.
News imageAFP A traditional Isicathamiya group performs at the Natal Playhouse Theatre in Durban on September 23, 2018, during an Isicathamiya competition. - The National Isicathamiya Competition held annually includes over 150 groups competing in the Isicathamiya style, an a capella choral singing style developed in South Africa by migrant Zulu communities.AFP
A capella singers compete at the National Isicathamiya Competition in Durban the day before...
News imageAFP Traditional Isicathamiya competitors prepare backstage to display their sense of style and fashion in the funky category known as 'Oswenka' (Swank), at the Natal Playhouse Theatre in Durban on September 23, 2018, during an Isicathamiya competition. - The National Isicathamiya Competition held annually includes over 150 groups competing in the Isicathamiya style, an a capella choral singing style developed in South Africa by migrant Zulu communities.AFP
..the event is rooted in migrant Zulu culture from the 1950s and features a style category - these men waiting backstage are taking part in the category called oswenka ("swank").
News imageCorbis News/Getty Images Mosaic from the House of Amphitrite in Bulla Regia, the archaeological site in north-western Tunisia, a former Roman city. It is noted for its Hadrianic-era semi-subterranean housing, a protection from the fierce heat and effects of the sun ,on September 21, 2018 in Jendouba, Tunisia.Corbis News/Getty Images
A mosaic from the House of Amphitrite at Bulla Regia, a Roman archeaologial site in Tunisia, is pictured on Friday.
News imageGetty Images Audience attends the live performance of Dj/Producer Jeff Mills and drummer Tony Allen during the event called 'AFRICA NOW @OGR' at Officine Grandi Riparazioni on September 22, 2018 in Turin, Italy.Getty Images
A couple stand on the dance floor ahead of a performance by Nigerian Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen on Saturday in Italy.
News imageCorbis News/Getty Images An elderly man in the streets,on September 22, 2018 in Ain Draham, Tunisia.Corbis News/Getty Images
The same day, a passer-by is pictured on the streets of Ain Draham in Tunisia.

Pictures from AFP and Getty Images