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Africa's week in pictures: 14-20 April 2023

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:

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News imageEPA Children dressed in yellow outfits perform gymnastics together.EPA
Schoolchildren show off their gymnastic skills during Zimbabwe's independence day celebrations in Mount Darwin on Tuesday.
News imageReuters Hellen Obiri holds her arms over her head and smiles.Reuters
Kenya's Hellen Obiri takes in the moment, after winning the Boston Marathon in the US on Saturday with a time of two hours, 21 minutes and 38 seconds.
News imageEPA A woman dances the Congo dance as part of the II Devils Festival in Panama City.EPA
The next day in the Central American nation of Panama, people of African descent take part in the Congo dance at a festival.
News imageGetty Images A man stands next to his horse.Getty Images
On Friday fishermen use horses and carts to transport their catch from Yoff beach in Dakar, Senegal.
News imageGetty Images Food is prepared by the Saaberie Chishty Society in a large kitchen in the Lenesia suburb of Johannesburg.Getty Images
On Sunday in Johannesburg, South Africa, huge vats of food are prepared by a charity for handing out during Ramadan.
News imageAnadolu Agency A woman stands next to rabbit hutches and holds a white rabbit.Anadolu Agency
Mercy Munene holds one of hundreds of rabbits she breeds on her farm on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Friday.
News imageAFP A woman combs and cares for synthetic wigs on a stand.AFP
On the same day this vendor at the Adjame market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, prepares a range of wigs for sale.
News imageGetty Images A woman dressed in black stands in front of a painted wooden partition.Getty Images
On Saturday in the Egyptian city of Mallawi, Coptic Christians celebrate Sham el-Nassim - an ancient festival marking the arrival of Spring.
News imageGetty Images Lights and tinsel hang across a street.Getty Images
Further north up the River Nile in Giza on Tuesday, festive lights adorn this street as Ramadan continues.
News imageMaxar Technologies/Getty Images A close-up satellite photo of a destroyed Ukrainian airplane at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan.Maxar Technologies/Getty Images
As the power struggle between rival factions of Sudan's military leadership continues on Monday, satellite imagery shows a destroyed aircraft at Khartoum's international airport.
News imageGetty Images A tattoo on a transgender man's arm.Getty Images
On Saturday in Uganda - where draconian anti-LGBT legislation has outraged human rights campaigners - a trans man defiantly bares his tattoo which reads "Trans is beautiful".
News imageEPA Locals gather next to flooding caused by rain.EPA
And on Tuesday after days of deadly flooding, people try to go about their business in the Angolan capital of Luanda.

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