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Africa's week in pictures: 14-20 June 2019

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

News imageReuters A boy head is seen above the water. His eyes are closed, and the rest of his body is submerged.Reuters
A Sudanese boy cools off in an irrigation channel near the capital, Khartoum, on Wednesday.
News imageEPA A close shot of a rhino shows its eye which is open, with long eyelashes and many folds in its skin. There is a small cut above the animals eye.EPA
On the same day in a Czech Republic zoo, this black rhinoceros is pictured ahead of its relocation to Rwanda. It is one of three rhinos to be transferred to a national park in the east of the country to continue their life in the wild.
News imageEPA Two conjoined houses are pictured. One is mint green, the other a powdery pink.EPA
Also on Wednesday, these brightly painted houses that are characteristic of Cape Town's Bo Kaap neighbourhood are photographed.
News imageAFP A man puff his cheeks out as a he plays a horn. He is wearing glasses. A Sudanese man plays a local music instrument ahead of a meeting with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Himediti, deputy head of Sudan's ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) and commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries, in the capital Khartoum on June 18, 2019.AFP
On Tuesday, this man plays music on a horn in Sudan's capital, Khartoum.
News imageAFP A man's hand is seen gesturing with four fingers held up. A black-and-yellow banner behind him depicts a hand making an identical gesture.AFP
At a memorial in Turkey on the same day for Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi, this mourner flashes the four-fingered Rabia sign in support of Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, who allege that their former leader was murdered.
News imageAFP A bronze statue of late South African president and anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela is seen in the foreground, while the backdrop is Cape Town's distinctive Table Mountain.AFP
The next day, this statue of Nelson Mandela at South Africa's parliament in Cape Town catches the light.
News imageAFP Necklaces featuring colourful beads and metal discs, as well as bracelet and other souvenirs are displayed on municipal railings.AFP
A passer-by looks at the jewellery and souvenirs on sale at Nairobi's Maasai market on Sunday.
News imageEPA A man looks ahead at the camera. Behind him is a depiction of a young woman wearing large gold earrings and white fabric draped over her head and shoulders, her armed outstretched.EPA
Also in the Kenyan capital, this man joins dozens of others in a protest on Wednesday at the violent military crackdown by authorities in Sudan. Pictured behind him is 22-year-old Alaa Salah, who has become a symbol of the opposition.
News imageEPA Three models are pictured walking down a catwalk. The first wears a red top and white skirt, the second has a white top and yellow top. The third model wears a green dress.EPA
On Saturday, the final day of Tunis Fashion Week, models wear the work of designers Blue Island and Atelier Chardon Savard.
News imageEPA On Monday, a man is seen daubing paint onto a mural which depicts Mo Salah, the outline of the African Continent, and the Egyptian flag.EPA
As anticipation builds for the Africa Cup of Nations which begins in Egypt on Friday, this man paints a mural of the country's star player, Mo Salah, in Cairo.
News imageAFP The silhouettes of a group of people are seen in a football stadium.AFP
On the same day fans wait for Nigeria to play host nation France in the Fifa Women's World Cup.

Pictures from Reuters, EPA and AFP