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Africa's week in pictures: 25-31 January 2019

A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week:

News imageGetty Images Young men jumping in the air, doing exercises in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - Sunday 27 January 2019Getty Images
Fitness enthusiasts in Zimbabwe exercise early on Sunday morning near the township of Emakhandeni, outside Bulawayo.
News imageGetty Images A woman in a bright red winter coat walks a donkey with smiling eyes in Thala, Tunisia - Friday 25 January 2019Getty Images
On Friday, a woman takes a stroll with her donkey on a snow-covered road in Thala, in western Tunisia.
News imageEPA The silhouettes of two men fighting a fire in Cape Town, South Africa - Sunday 27 January 2019EPA
Amateur firefighters in South Africa on Sunday battle fierce bush fires fanned by strong winds on Lion's Head and Signal Hill in Cape Town...
News imageEPA A fire fighting helicopter flying by mountains filled with smoke in Cape Town, South Africa - Monday 28 January 2019EPA
The next day, a helicopter flies over the remains of the blaze, which investigators say was caused by people trying to cook on the mountainside.
News imageAFP A close up of a fashionably dressed female guest at Kenilworth Race Track in Cape Town, South Africa - Saturday 26 January 2019AFP
On Saturday, high fashion is on show at Cape Town's famous Kenilworth horserace track.
News imageGetty Images An African man with a grey blanker over his head is looking straight into the camera and holding a cup on board a ship anchored off Sicily, Italy - Saturday 26 January 2019Getty Images
A migrant drinks tea on the same day on the deck of a Dutch-flagged rescue vessel anchored off the Italian island of Sicily.
News imageReuters A woman in bright yellow, carrying a baby and pulling her goat, boards a ferry in Barra, The Gambia - Friday 25 January 2019Reuters
On Friday, a passenger boards a ferry in Barra in The Gambia with her baby and her goat.
News imageEPA Students in a classroom with their teacher in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya - Monday 28 January 2019EPA
A student is quizzed by her teacher on Monday at an HIV orphanage in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
News imageGetty Images Passengers on a bus, a male passenger has a shocked look on his face - Saturday 26 JanuaryGetty Images
On Saturday, bus passengers look out at the scene of a blast near a cinema in Nairobi's business district, caused by a suspected improvised explosive device that injured two people.
News imageEPA Smiling people waving the Togolese flag at the airport in Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Monday 28 January 2019EPA
Fans of Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe await his arrival on a state visit to Ivory Coast at Abidjan airport on Monday.
News imageGetty Images A male lawyer checking his phone at the balcony of a courtroom at the Lagos State High Court in Lagos, Nigeria - Tuesday 29 January 2019Getty Images
The next day, a lawyer in Lagos checks his phone as lawyers nationwide boycotted courts in protest at the suspension of Nigeria's chief justice.
News imageAFP Kayakers and rafters on the River Nile near Jinja, Uganda - Friday 25 January 2019AFP
Rafters take on the white-water rapids near Jinja in Uganda on Friday during the Nile River Festival.
News imageAFP A hot air balloon flying over Luxor, Egypt - Thursdsay 25 January 2019AFP
On Thursday, a hot air balloon glides over the southern Egyptian city of Luxor.
News imageGetty Images Two rows of smiling female airport staff at a new airport terminal in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Sunday 27 January 2019Getty Images
And staff at a new airport terminal in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, welcome guests at its inauguration ceremony on Sunday.

Pictures from AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters