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Africa's week in pictures: 2-8 April 2021

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:

News imageReuters A man, woman and twin boys dressed in bathing suits walk along a beach.Reuters
A young family stroll down the beach in Saly, Senegal, on Saturday.
News imageEPA Ballet dancers of the Joburg Ballet rehearse at the Joburg Theate.EPA
On Thursday, dancers take to their final rehearsal for the Ballet and Beyond series at South Africa's Joburg Theater.
News imageReuters A member of The Golden Apostolic Faith Healing Mission Church lights candles during a religious ceremony to celebrate Good Friday.Reuters
Also in South Africa, candles are lit during Good Friday prayers in the neighbourhood of Soweto.
News imageAFP Catholic devotees attend Easter mass at La paroisse Saint Aloys d'Ijenda in Ijenda, Burundi.AFP
Two days later, worshippers pack out Easter Sunday mass at La Paroisse Saint Aloys d'Ijenda in Burundi.
News imageEPA Members of the Celestial Church of Christ attend the Easter Sunday service at the International headquarters of the Church in Ketu district, Lagos.EPA
On the same day in Lagos, Nigeria, the congregation belts out hymns at the Celestial Church of Christ.
News imageAFP An altar boy carries a cross at the start of Easter Mass in Fadiouth, Senegal.AFP
While in Senegal, Catholic devotees walk in procession past a watchful horse.
News imageEPA A priest gives sacramental bread to his congregation.EPA
Believers queue to take communion wafers at the Saint-Augustin church in La Goulette in Tunis, Tunisia.
News imageAFP People in matching marching band uniforms sing and celebrate at Congo's International Kimbanguist Church.AFP
Lively celebrations rock DR Congo's International Kimbanguist Church, a Christian denomination founded 100 years ago, during its anniversary ceremony attended by President Félix Tshisekedi.
News imageEPA A man walks past a mural depicting a woman's face.EPA
A man walks past a mural in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday.
News imageAFP A woman inspects a bale of tobacco.AFP
On Wednesday a farmer looks at her bales, as tobacco-selling season begins in Zimbabwe.
News imageAFP A man dressed in costume takes a selfie.AFP
A performer dressed in ancient Egyptian costume takes a selfie as 22 royal mummies are moved from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation on Saturday.
News imageReuters A detained protester gestures as security forces disperse a demonstration.Reuters
And on Tuesday a detained teacher makes a victory sign for the camera at a protest demanding better pay and working conditions in Morocco's capital, Rabat.

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