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Africa's week in pictures: 11-17 February 2022

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

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News imageEPA Two people stand next to an upside-down house in Johannesburg, South Africa - Tuesday 15 February 2022EPA
Visitors look around the "upside-down house" near Johannesburg in South Africa on Tuesday, which also has upside-down rooms on the inside.
News imageReuters A woman stands in front of a big picture of an eye in Randfontein, South Africa - Monday 14 February 2022Reuters
The day before in the neighbouring city of Randfontein, a woman stands outside an optometrist clinic.
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News imageGetty Images Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and All Africa (L) and Christian Orthodox Bishop Nektarios of Gulu and northern Uganda in Cairo, Egypt - Sunday 13 February 2022Getty Images
Christian Orthodox Bishop Nektarios of Gulu and northern Uganda is ordained on Sunday in Egypt's capital, Cairo.
News imageGetty Images Students in uniform march with matching batons in Yaoundé, Cameroon - Friday 11 February 2022Getty Images
On Friday, students march in Cameroon's annual Youth Day parade in the capital, Yaoundé.
News imageGetty Images A mother and her daughter dress in monochrome clothes in New York, the US - Saturday 12 February 2022Getty Images
Seven-year-old influencer Aria De Chicchis poses with her mother and manager, South African-born Pam Mbatani, on Saturday during New York fashion week.
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News imageEPA A woman walks past a shop window decorated with illustrations of kissing lips in Harare, Zimbabwe - Sunday 13 February 2022EPA
Valentine's Day displays fill this shop window in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Sunday...
News imageReuters A woman smiles and holds a bunch of roses she received after donating blood during a Valentine's Day campaign with the theme "Show your love, by donating blood" in Nairobi, Kenya - Monday 14 February 2022Reuters
And on the day itself, this woman and others giving blood at a Valentine's Day donation drive in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, are rewarded with flowers.
News imageAFP A palm grove in Nefta, Tunisia - Friday 11 February 2022AFP
On Friday, tall palms stretch skyward at this grove in Nefta, south-western Tunisia...
News imageAFP A barber serves a costumer in Nefta, Tunisia - Sunday 13 February 2022AFP
And two days later in the same oasis town, a man visits the barber for a haircut.
News imageReuters A woman poses in front of a replica of the ship Elizabeth, which was called "The Mayflower of Liberia", during the Liberia bicentennial commemoration in Paynesville, a suburb of Monrovia, Liberia - Monday 14 February 2022Reuters
On Monday, thousands in Liberia and the diaspora flocked to celebrations in the capital, Monrovia, marking 200 years since the nation's birth.
News imageEPA Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in action during her first round match against Vera Zvonareva of Russia at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis WTA Championships 2022 in Dubai - Tuesday 15 February 2022EPA
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia prepares to wallop the ball at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis WTA Championships on Tuesday...
News imageGetty Images Israel Adesanya of Nigeria kicks Robert Whittaker of Australia in their middleweight championship fight during UFC 271 at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, the US - Saturday 12 February 2022Getty Images
And Israel Adesanya of Nigeria lands a blow on Australia's Robert Whittaker in their UFC middleweight championship on Saturday in the US.
News imageGetty Images Sika Kone of Mali (L) and Victoria Macaulay of Nigeria pose with their gongs in Belgrade, Serbia - Sunday 13 February 2022Getty Images
Sika Kone of Mali (L) and Victoria Macaulay of Nigeria pose with their gongs on Sunday, after being named group B's all-star five players at FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup qualifying tournament in Serbia.
News imageGetty Images Shudu Musida stands a lectern next to players of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Johannesburg, South Africa - Saturday 12 February 2022Getty Images
And on Saturday, South African beauty queen Shudu Musida hosts a concert by the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

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