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Africa's week in pictures: 29 July - 4 August 2022

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

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News imageAFP A lively group of people, some dressed in elaborate costumes, holding placards which say Youssuoffa Niang.AFP
On Friday, supporters of the coalition of Senegal's President Macky Sall show their backing for their candidate, Youssoupha Niang, ahead of legislative elections at a rally in the capital, Dakar...
News imageAFP A group of women standing on the streets of Senegal wearing pink leggings and white tops.AFP
At the same event this group of women dressed in pink and white sing and dance...
News imageAFP Two men sitting outside a polling booth, they are sitting down wearing traditional West African clothes. There is a woman walking out of the building to the left. She is wearing a yellow outfit with a blue head dress.AFP
On the actual day of the elections, Sunday, two men are seen waiting outside a polling station in Ngor, Dakar.
News imageReuters A close up of Zodwa Maphangain staring intently at a ping pong ball.Reuters
South Africa's Zodwa Maphangain is in deep concentration in Birmingham, England, during the women's singles table tennis at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday...
News imageGetty Images AUGUST 02: Chioma Onyekwere of Team Nigeria competes during the Women's Discus Throw Final on day five of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth GamesGetty Images
Nigeria's Chioma Onyekwere twirls across the circle at the women's discus final on Tuesday...
News imageGetty Images Shante Koti on the beam. She appears to be doing a back flip, her back is bent.Getty Images
And there are bendy backs during the women's balance beam final on the same day as South Africa's Shante Koti shows her skills.
News imageAFP Aircraft are flying in different directions next to pyramids. There is a blue sky, and the aircraft are ejecting red, blue and white colours.AFP
The Egyptian Air Force "Silver Stars" aerobatic team put on a colourful display at the Pyramids Air Show on Wednesday...
News imageAFP A group of men playing the saxophone wearing ancient Egyptian clothes.AFP
On the ground, this group of men are playing the saxophone dressed in ancient Egyptian clothing.
News imageAFP A submerged minibus in a riverAFP
Heavy rains in the east of Uganda caused rivers to burst their banks and on Monday people are photographed trying to retrieve bodies from a submerged minibus in Namakwekwe...
News imageAFP A group of people pulling at ropesAFP
Locals on the river bank use ropes to try and pull the vehicle out of the water.
News imageGetty Images A group of performers dancing. Their hair is blowing and they are wearing white dresses.Getty Images
In Algeria dancers perform at the closing ceremony of the Timgad International Festival in Batna on Monday...
News imageAFP A girl on a skateboard. She is wearing a niqab, a long black dress and a red hoodie.AFP
On Saturday a young girl in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, takes part in weekly training for the Ethiopian Girls Skate group which aims to promote skateboarding among girls from different social groups.
News imageAFP Tsitsi Dangarembga staring on in a red beretAFP
Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga waits outside Harare Magistrates Court on Thursday amid the decision on whether a case against her involving inciting violence during a public protest can go ahead. She denies wrongdoing.
News imageReuters A woman wearing red with long braids looking for her name against an extensive list.Reuters
Preparing for next week's elections in Kenya, a woman in the capital, Nairobi, searches for her name on the voters' list on Thursday.

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