A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
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On Monday, Moroccans celebrate the Mawlid, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, with a procession in the town of Sale...
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In the evening, children in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi join in the celebrations...
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And in Egypt's capital, Cairo, a confectioner gets decorated treats ready for sale.
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Campaigning for next month's presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo is building up momentum and on Wednesday, opposition supporters come out in the capital, Kinshasa, to back their candidate Martin Fayulu.
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On Friday, a group of Kenyan wheelchair boxers in Nairobi go through their moves...
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...and then face each other in practice bouts.
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Moroccan football fans salute the Atlas Lions on the same day, as they face Cameroon in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Casablanca, winning 2-0.
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On Saturday, Salif Keita performs in a tribute concert in Fana, Mali, for a five-year-old girl with albinism, Ramata Diarra, who was ritually killed in May this year...
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Many people with albinism are in the audience to see the show.
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In Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, on Monday, a market trader displays his collection of colourful jerry cans...
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And it is also market day in Mekelle, northern Ethiopia, where this trader is hoping to sell his five live chickens.
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