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Africa's week in pictures: 5-11 August 2022

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

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News imageGetty Images Man picking of prickly pears from a cactus-looking plant. He is wearing gloves.Getty Images
A man is snapped picking prickly pears from a plant in a farm in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, on Wednesday...
News imageGetty Images Woman holding open the inside of a prickly pear. She is smiling at the camera. There are large plants behind her.Getty Images
At the same farm a woman shows off the inside of the fruit.
News imageAFP A woman wearing a red shawl standing in front of a chequered red and black cloth background.AFP
This woman poses for a photo after casting her ballot in Kajiado in southern Kenya during Tuesday's election...
News imageAFP People packed in a small building against a backdrop of dark and grey skies.AFP
Later, once polls close, vote counting gets under way at Mathare Social Hall in Nairobi under grey skies...
News imageReuters Man coming off a bus with art on it. He is carrying a large box.Reuters
On Wednesday, a man is seen carrying a box full of ballots after arriving at an electoral commission office in the capital, Nairobi.
News imageGetty Images Ruth Usoro of Nigeria during the long jump. She has her arms up in the air and is mid-air. Her face is very expressive.Getty Images
In Birmingham, UK, on Sunday, Nigeria's Ruth Usoro is giving her all in the women's long jump final during the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
News imageGetty Images Man in African clothes mid-air doing a backflip whilst others look on with Jamaican flagsGetty Images
There is more sporting action in Limerick, Ireland, on Wednesday with a man doing a black flip as players from Kenya and Jamaica gather ahead of the 2022 World Lacrosse Men's U21 World Championship.
News imagePA Wire Woman laughing in yellow traditional African clothesPA Wire
On Wednesday there were laughs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland during a photo call for members of the Soweto Gospel Choir...
News imagePA Wire Women from Soweto Gospel choir in traditional African clothes singing and clappingPA Wire
There is more jubilation as the women from the choir start singing.
News imageAFP A field with orange trees. There are hills in the background.AFP
Near Mbombela in South Africa on Saturday, orange trees are flourishing.
News imageAFP Anthony Blinken and Naledi Pandor giving each other an elbow bumpAFP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor bump elbows after he arrived in Pretoria for a meeting as part of an Africa tour to boost Africa-US relations on Monday.
News imageGetty Images People standing in flood water in front of what looks like market stalls in DakarGetty Images
People are standing in flood waters in Dakar, Senegal, on Friday after heavy rain.
News imageAFP A man on a motorcycle taxi with a Kenyan flag draped over him.AFP
Back to Kenya on Thursday where a motorcycle taxi driver is draped with the country's flag as citizens await the final result of Tuesday's election.
News imageRosdiana Ciaravolo Lula Mebrahtu smiling in a beige dress with a yellow background behind her.Rosdiana Ciaravolo
And there is glamour in Switzerland on Wednesday as British-Eritrean musician and creative Lula Mebrahtu is on the red carpet at the 75th Locarno Film Festival.

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