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Africa's week in pictures: 7-13 June 2019

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

News imageGetty Images Models take to the catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital.Getty Images
Models take to the catwalk over the course of Dakar Fashion Week which ended on Sunday...
News imageGetty Images A models seen on the catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital.Getty Images
This design is the work of Queen Tawa from Congo-Brazzaville
News imageAFP South Africa supporters react prior the France 2019 Women's World Cup Group B football match between Spain and South Africa, on 8 June 8, 2019, in France.AFP
These young football fans were at South Africa's match against Spain at the Fifa Women's World Cup in France on Saturday
News imageAFP Nigerian supporters cheer their team ahead of the 2019 Women's World Cup Group A football match between Norway and Nigeria, on 8 June 2019, in France.AFP
On the same day, Nigeria fans cheered their side on against Norway but their side eventually lost 3-0
News imageReuters A Greenpeace environmental activist carries a coffin during a protest in Nairobi on 12 June against a coal fired electricity plant planned for the coastal town of Lam.uReuters
On Wednesday, environmental campaigners in Nairobi protested against the construction of a Chinese-backed coal plant that would increase Kenya's greenhouse gas emissions by 700%
News imageEPA A family wear traditional clothing and pose for a photo on the beach at Marsa Matruh in Egypt on 8 June.EPA
As temperatures soared in Egypt on Saturday, this family got dressed up for a photo shoot at the beach
News imageReuters Traditional chiefs from the Niger-Delta region are seen during a celebration marking the new Democracy Day in Abuja on 12 June.Reuters
In Nigeria on Wednesday, traditional rulers from the Niger-Delta region took part in Democracy Day celebrations in the capital Abuja
News imageReuters Vendors stand behind a display of pastries at O'Merveilles in Touba, Senegal, on 10 June.Reuters
Staff prepareed to serve customers at the O'Merveilles bakery in the Senegalese town of Touba on Monday
News imageAFP Two activists pose with a rainbow flag as they celebrate outside Botswana High Court in Gaborone on 11 June.AFP
In Botswana, LGBTQ rights campaigners celebrated the High Court's decision to decriminalise homosexuality, overturning colonial-era laws
News imageReuters A woman clasps her hands together as she sits at a Greyhound bus station in San Antonio, Texas, on 11 June.Reuters
And on Tuesday, a woman waited at a bus station in San Antonio in the US state of Texas, where migrants from Congo and Angola have been arriving from Mexico

Pictures from AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters