A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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This Muslim boy clocks the camera at Friday prayers in Yaoundé, Cameroon...
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The Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins the next day, when this vendor arranges his watermelons at a market in Somalia's capital Mogadishu...
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Zlabia pastries, seen here on Monday, are one of the most popular desserts among Tunisians when breaking their daily fasts.
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Reality TV stars Roxy Louw and Kelly Khumalo pose at the Johannesburg launch party for South African series Tropika Island of Treasure on Friday.
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On the same day numerous works by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso - whose style borrowed heavily from African art - go on show in Senegal's capital, Dakar.
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Also in Senegal on Sunday, women browse shiny serving bowls on sale at a market in the town of Rufisque.
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In Morocco on Friday, riders take part in festivities that are named "tebburide" after the type of gunpowder used...
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The practice is said to date back to 15th Century victory celebrations against the Spanish.
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Superfan Mama Joy Chauke attends the Fifa World Cup draw in Qatar on Friday. She is a well-known figure in her home country as head of the South African National Supporters (Sanasu).
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Dozen of women take part in a shooting meet in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa, on Saturday.
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While these children shoot a game of pool after dark on Wednesday in Egypt's capital, Cairo.
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Also on Wednesday, people in Burkina Faso hold a memorial to pan-African hero and late President Thomas Sankara, after his successor Blaise Compaoré is sentence to life in absentia for Sankara's 1987 murder.
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And on the same day in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, people rally to mark three years since regular, mass pro-democracy protests began.
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