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Africa's week in pictures: 2-8 November 2018

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

News imageGetty Images Woman sews.Getty Images
On Saturday a student keen to become a fashion designer gets to work in Mogadishu in Somalia.
News imageGetty Images Fishermen arrange their nets.Getty Images
While on the same day over in Western Sahara fishermen arrange their nets.
News imageGetty Images Fishermen on a boat.Getty Images
The Anakao community in Madagascar go fishing on a smaller scale the next day...
News imageGetty Images Fisherman tends to his net in the sea.Getty Images
This Anakao fisherman dives right in to the water to gather the net.
News imageGetty Images Shura Kitata, left, and Lelisa Desisa, right, run.Getty Images
On the same day in the US, Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa, right, eventually overtakes compatriot Shura Kitat to win the New York City Marathon.
News imageGetty Images Statue of Mohamed Salah.Getty Images
The next day, a statue of the Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah raises eyebrows, with some asking if it looks anything like him.
News imageGetty Images Brandon Mavuta celebrates.Getty Images
Also on Tuesday, Zimbabwean cricketer Bradon Mayuta rejoices after a Bangladeshi cricketer is dismissed. Zimbabwe go on to win the test match.
News imageGetty Images Ilhan Omar celebrates.Getty Images
Also celebrating, one time Somali refugee Ilhan Omar is elected into the US House of Representatives.
News imageGetty Images Women from the Ethiopian Jewish community pray.Getty Images
The same day in Jerusalem, a woman from the Ethiopian Jewish community prays during the Sigd holiday.
News imageGetty Images A priestess lies on the floor and spits water on two eggs.Getty Images
A different type of festival is marked in Abidjan on the same day by a priestess carrying out a purification ceremony - the Abissa forgiveness festival.
News imageGetty Images Polling official wait for voters at a polling station of Isotry district in Antananarivo.Getty Images
Election officials wait to open the polls on Wednesday for Madagascar's presidential election where 36 people compete for the top job.
News imageGetty Images Residents trying to salvage their belonging from a fire that ravaged overnight a section of the Anosibe central market in Antananarivo.Getty Images
After polls close, disaster strikes as a fire guts buidlings in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, and people salvage what is left.
News imagePA Prince Charles watches women pounding.PA
And on Thursday Prince Charles gets a cooking lesson in Nigeria's capital Abuja on his last day of his West African tour.

Pictures from AFP, EPA, Reuters and Getty Images