A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week:
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On Saturday in Egypt, dust is brushed off a recently discovered sarcophagus about 40km (25 miles) from the capital, Cairo.
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Seen on the same day, this surfer takes to the waves at the Corona Open J-Bay event in South Africa.
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Synchronised swimmers representing Egypt keep time at the World Swimming Championships in South Korea on Wednesday.
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On the same day at the Africa Cup of Nations, the football momentarily obscures the face of Tunisia's Anice Badri to comic effect.
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In Sierra Leone, three school friends walking through the rain share an umbrella as they head home on Friday.
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A musical comedy, called Moulouk el-Tawaef, is performed at Tunisia's annual International Festival of Carthage on Monday.
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French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura took to the stage on Friday at the Francofolies Music Festival in south-western France.
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On Saturday, protesters took to the streets again in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, where the ruling military council and opposition leaders signed a power-sharing accord days later.
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The next, swifts are seen flying over London's rooftops at sunset as their yearly migration back to the African continent begins.
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