A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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Young dancers stretch during rehearsals in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday....
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Olamide Olawale is one 12 pupils at the Leap of Dance Academy, started by David Ajala, which provides lessons for free.
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On Saturday, Ethiopian Oromos living in the US city of St Paul mourn popular protest singer Hachalu Hundessa who was murdered in Addis Ababa last week sparking outrage and unrest.
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On Tuesday Ermine Nzotto from the Central African Republic beams as she holds daughters Ervina and Prefina. The previously conjoined twins, whose skulls were fused together, underwent surgery in Italy's Vatican City days before.
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South African surfer James Bain takes to the waves at Dungeons reef, off the Cape Town coast, on Sunday.
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Grade seven pupils across South Africa - including these students in Sterkspruit in the Eastern Cape - return to school as part of a phased reopening on Monday
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The shock death of Ivory Coast's prime minister and front-runner for forthcoming presidential elections, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, dominates the newspaper front pages on Thursday.
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Supporters of rogue Libyan General Khalifa Haftar, whose campaign to unseat the UN-backed government has failed, protest against Turkish intervention in the country's affairs on Sunday.
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Sudan is among many African nation's easing coronavirus lockdown measures. This mural dedicated to health workers is seen on Wednesday in the city of Omdurman.
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A pair of studded sandals teeter on a rooftop in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Sunday.
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And the day before, a statue of Jesus Christ is illuminated by a full moon in Kenya's Turkana county.
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