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Africa's week in pictures: 8-14 October 2021

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

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News imageReuters Diana Kipyogei of Kenya wears a gilded crown.Reuters
Kenya's Diana Kipyogei is crowned after winning the Boston Marathon on Monday.
News imageGetty Images A mural depicting Archbishop Desmond Tutu.Getty Images
This mural of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who turned 90 last week, is restored on Friday in Cape Town, after it was defaced with a racist slur.
News imageReuters A woman wears South African football colours and the national flag.Reuters
This fan makes her allegiances clear at South Africa's football World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia on Tuesday, which Bafana Bafana won 1-0.
News imageGetty Images A plaque in Bamum script.Getty Images
This plaque marks the entrance to the Foumban Royal Palace in western Cameroon...
News imageGetty Images People of Bamoun prepare the throne of Mfonrifum Nabil Mbombo Njoya .Getty Images
On Monday, 28-year-old Mfonrifum Nabil Mbombo Njoya was inaugurated as the new Sultan of Bamoun.
News imageAFP Spectators watch a competitor drive over a dune on a motorbike.AFP
Spectators watch the Rally of Morocco in the Merzouga region on Sunday.
News imageAFP An activist waves the LGBTQ flag outside the court.AFP
Activists turned up on Tuesday to listen to proceedings at Botswana's top court, where the government is seeking to overturn a landmark ruling that decriminalised homosexuality.
News imageGetty Images Personal effects of parishioners and deacons killed at Chena Teklehaymanot Church in Chena, Ethiopia.Getty Images
On Sunday, 40 days after a massacre at the Chena Teklehaymanot Church in Ethiopia's Amhara region, personal items belonging to the dead sit on a windowsill. Amhara officials say Tigrayan forces are to blame, which they in turn deny.
News imageGetty Images An aerial view of elephants living in Amboseli National Park.Getty Images
A herd marches through Kenya's Amboseli National Park, where there has been a baby-elephant boom.
News imageReuters Somali marine forces patrol the Indian Ocean.Reuters
Somali marine forces patrol coastal waters on Wednesday, following a legal ruling on the disputed sea border with Kenya that largely favoured Somalia.
News imageReuters A police helicopter is seen flying over police officials wearing face masks.Reuters
A flock of birds takes to the sky as a police helicopter flies over a parade in Libya's capital, Tripoli, on Saturday.
News imageGetty Images People fly kites at the Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, South Africa.Getty Images
The next day in South Africa, people take part in the One Sky One World International Kite Fly.
News imagePA Media A man washing a puppy in the sea.PA Media
And on Thursday in Mauritius, a man washes his month-old puppy in the Indian Ocean.

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