A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
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Rich diamond fields in northern Angola, on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, are pictured from a helicopter on Saturday….
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Over the last month, the authorities have forced more than 300,000 Congolese, including this woman on Saturday, to return home saying they have been digging for diamonds illegally.
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On Wednesday, a vendor in Senegal's capital, Dakar, takes a break by perching on a fisherman's pirogue.
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On the same day, Senegal's President Macky Sall chats with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at a conference in Riyadh that went ahead despite the allegations that the country was behind Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing.
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Bedouin men play music during a wedding in Egypt's Sinai region on Friday…
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Three days later, tourists take photos as sunlight illuminates the face of a statue of Ramses II at a temple south of Aswan. It is a phenomenon that only happens twice a year.
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Nice Nailantei Leng'ete, a Kenyan activist who fights against female genital mutilation, stands on Friday to receive a top Spanish award - the Princess of Asturias 2018 for International Cooperation.
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The next day, a Rwandan model is pictured during an "Afro-futuristic" fashion show at the US University of New Hampshire…
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It was an opportunity for designers to showcase African outfits and styles that may be worn 1,000 years from now...
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A show at South African Fashion Week in Johannesburg on Wednesday also has a futurist look…
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But in Mali's capital, Bamako, it was a throwback to flares at the We Wax the World fashion show on Saturday...
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And not to be outdone on the fashion front, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed turns up in parliament looking dapper on Thursday.
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Cameroonians in material showing the face of President Paul Biya celebrate his election victory in the capital, Yaounde, on Monday.
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South Sudanese prisoners of war walk out of jail in the capital, Juba, on Thursday - as part of a peace deal signed last month.
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On Tuesday, men in Tunisia's capital, Tunis, look at a film poster for Papa Hedi, dedicated to the famous singer Hedi Jouini and directed by his granddaughter Claire.
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A young surfer rides a wave at sunrise near Cape Town in South Africa on Thursday.
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And fans of the winner of Sierra Leone's Big Sister reality TV show cheer her on as she takes part in a victory parade in the capital, Freetown, on Thursday.
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