A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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A stall keeper in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, dances on Thursday during a visit by the king and queen of Belgium.
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Students in South Africa perform a routine on Friday at a merschool for those learning mermaiding, a fast-growing sport.
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On Monday, black market fuel is seen for sale by a roadside outside Liberia's capital, Monrovia...
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The country is experiencing petrol shortages - believed to be linked to supply problems caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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All hands are needed in Egypt's Fayoum Province - south of the capital, Cairo - as the onion harvest continues on Thursday.
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The day before, a student distributes sweets to her friends before they take college entrance exams at a school in Tunisia's capital, Tunis.
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On Friday, students write their final year exams at a school designed by architect Diébédo Francis Kére in his home village of Gando in Burkina Faso…
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Kéré is visiting his home three months after becoming the first African to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize - often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture...
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A ceremony was held for him on Saturday by traditional leaders to honour him for his success..
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The hero's welcome saw some people sporting body paint to mark the occasion.
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On the same day in neighbouring Ivory Coast, children help clean up plastic debris strewn on Vridi beach, a popular tourist destination in Abidjan.
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People in Abidjan are evicted on Tuesday from an area where the city authorities are demolishing buildings because of the risk of flooding.
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On the same day, Benedict Ogbu looks at photos of his wife Theresa, who was killed in a brutal attack on a Catholic Church in the Nigerian town of Owo.
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Malian singer Salif Keita, one of Africa's biggest musical stars, is seen during a performance on Friday in Ankara, capital of Türkiye - as Turkey is now called.
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Cherif Fall, a Senegalese surf champion, is cheered on Saturday in the US at an event in California dubbed the "largest gathering of black surfers in history"…
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Here he goes airborne off a big wave by Huntington Beach pier.
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On Sunday, a dance is performed during a ceremony to honour Ethiopia's police force in the capital, Addis Ababa.
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Women are seen during a demonstration on Friday in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, to mark the anniversary of a 2019 massacre when soldiers turned on protesters. At least 87 people died.
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On the same day, endangered black rhinos graze at a national park near Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
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Sunflowers are pictured growing at a farm in the Kenyan town of Nakuru on Sunday. The cost of cooking oil has recently shot up in the country.
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On Thursday, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta meets soldiers in the African Union mission in Somalia, where he is visiting for the inauguration of the new president.
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On the same day in South Africa, cables of those illegally connected to the power supply are cut in an area of Johannesburg.
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In the city on Friday, body builders compete at the Arnold Classic Africa multi-sport festival.
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This week and next will be dominated by the tour of DR Congo by Belgium's royal couple. Here Queen Mathilde is pictured at the National Museum on Wednesday...
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At the event, King Philippe handed over the the famous Kakuungu mask, the first of more than 80,000 artefacts looted from DR Congo during the colonial era.
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