A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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Kenya's Sabrina Simader is seen in action on Wednesday at the Alpine World Ski Championships in the French resort of Meribel.
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Someone takes a leap on Saturday at an event to celebrate the Lunar New Year in the South African city of Johannesburg.
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On the same day, women take part in the annual Hindu festival of Thaipoosam Kavady in South Africa's port city of Durban.
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On Sunday, a child plays with rosary beads as Catholics gather for an open-air mass in South Sudan's capital, Juba, and wait for the arrival of Pope Francis...
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The pontiff was on a peace pilgrimage to South Sudan... and some find the waiting on Saturday at Juba's Cathedral of Saint Therese rather tiring.
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Christians in Burkina Faso head on Sunday to the outskirts of the capital, Ouagadougou, where these boys are pictured taking a breaking by a mural...
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Thousands attend a pilgrimage at a shrine in Yagma, where these bishops arrive to take part in a mass…
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At the foot of a giant crucifix, some of the faithful are seen praying for peace in a country plagued by an Islamist violence.
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In neighbouring Ivory Coast on Friday, a teacher writes on a board during a class at an Islamic school in the coastal city of Abidjan.
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Glammed up Cameroonian singer Dencia arrives on Sunday for the Grammy Awards in the US city of Los Angeles.
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On the same evening, wrestlers compete in simultaneous bouts at a national arena in Senegal's capital, Dakar.
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A man selling yams in the Nigerian city of Lagos waits for customers at a roadside market on Wednesday.
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On the same day, a Sudanese anti-coup protester holds up his palm with the words in Arabic "free press", during a protest in the capital, Khartoum.
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It was a busy week for state visits. On Monday, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomes her Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed to Rome. Two days later, the Somali premier visited.
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On Saturday, Somalia-born British boxer Ramla Ali (R) socks a punch to her Australian opponent Avril Mathie - going on to win the Madison Square Garden match in the US city of New York.
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Morocco is currently hosting the Fifa Club World Cup and on Sunday people play football on a beach in the port of Tanger Med...
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The Kasbah of Oudayas in Morocco's capital, Rabat - pictured here on Wednesday - is listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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