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Africa's week in pictures: 28 April-4 May 2023

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

News imageAngela Weiss/AFP Nigerian singer Tems arrives at a fund-raising gala in New York on MondayAngela Weiss/AFP
With eye-catching headgear, Nigerian singer Tems arrives at a fund-raising gala in New York on Monday, where the works of fashion designer Karl Lagerfield were on display under the theme A Line of Beauty.
News imageIhsaan Haffejee/Getty Images Exotic animal fair held in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 30, 2023Ihsaan Haffejee/Getty Images
Headgear of a different kind was on display at an exotic animal fair held in South Africa's main city Johannesburg on Sunday.
News imageGerald Anderson/Getty Images A female auto mechanic in Kenya's capital Nairobi - Saturday 29 April 2023Gerald Anderson/Getty Images
While on Saturday, this auto mechanic works on a vehicle in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, doing a job rarely associated with women.
News imageThomas Mukoya/Reuters A boy carries a bouquet of flowers as he walks past a bus torched by unknown people ahead of protests by supporters of Kenya's opposition in Nairobi, Kenya - Tuesday 2 May 2023Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Three days later in the same city, this boy walks past a torched bus with a bouquet of flowers, after an opposition protest turned violent.
News imageSimon Maina/Getty Images Members and worshippers of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church sing and pray before the beginning of court case against televangelist Ezekiel Odero in Mombasa, Kenya - Thursday 4 May 2023Simon Maina/Getty Images
Still in Kenya, women pray for televangelist Ezekiel Odero as he appears in court in the coastal city of Mombasa on Thursday. He has been detained, along with another pastor, on suspicion of murder following the discovery of scores of bodies in a remote forest. He denies the charges.
News imageMohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters Egyptian temple guard Abd El-Sayed holds the Key of the temple to lock it after the end of the visit to the temple ruins from the 3200-year-old Abu Simbel temple, at the upper reaches of the River Nile in Aswan, Egypt - Monday 1 May 2023Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
On Monday, Egyptian guard Abd El-Sayed gets ready to lock the 3,200-year-old Abu Simbel temple on the upper reaches of the River Nile in Aswan.
News imageMahmoud Elkhwas/Getty Images A young boy harvests wheat in Sharkia, Egypt - Friday 28 April 2023Mahmoud Elkhwas/Getty Images
On Friday in northern Egypt's Sharkia governorate, a young boy happily carries a stack of wheat...
News imageMahmoud Elkhwas/Getty Images A group of farmers gathered to harvest wheat in Sharkia, Egypt - Friday 28 April 2023Mahmoud Elkhwas/Getty Images
While these women and children are transported in a van following a harvest that has seen Egypt increase wheat production to compensate for shortages caused by the war in Ukraine.
News imageFeisal Omar/Reuters A motorcycle rider carries fish along a flooded street in Mogadishu, Somalia - Friday 28 April 2023Feisal Omar/Reuters
In Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday, this man carries fish on his motorbike as he rides along a flooded street.
News imageIssouf Sanogo/Getty Images Ivorian singer KS Bloom performs at the 15th Festival of Urban Music of Anoumabo in Abidjan - Sunday 30 April 2023Issouf Sanogo/Getty Images
In Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, popular gospel singer KS Bloom performs during a music festival on Sunday...
News imageIssouf Sanogo/Getty Images Spectators cheer as they attend the 15th Festival of Urban Music of Anoumabo in Abidjan - Sunday 30 April 2023Issouf Sanogo/Getty Images
Fans are in a frenzy as they see their favourite musicians on stage.
News imageYassine Gaidi/Getty Images People wearing clothing from Roman Empire period perform within the "Rome Days" Festival at the Amphitheatre of El Djem in Mahdia Governorate south of Tunis, Tunisia - Sunday 30 April 2023Yassine Gaidi/Getty Images
At an amphitheatre in the Tunisian city of El Jem, a performance of a different takes place on Sunday - the re-enactment of life from the era of the Roman Empire.
News imagePresidency of Senegal/Getty Images A "Senegalese Sniper" in Dakar, Senegal - Saturday 29 April 2023Presidency of Senegal/Getty Images
A man known as a "Senegalese Sniper" attends a meeting with President Macky Sall on Sunday. He is among nine men who fought for France between the 1940s and 1960s in Algeria and Vietnam...
News imagePresidency of Senegal/Getty Images Senegalese President Macky Sall meets with "Senegalese Snipers" after they returned to their country in Dakar, Senegal on April 29, 2023Presidency of Senegal/Getty Images
Aged between 85 and 96, they were forced to live in France to receive an old-age pension, but have now returned home.

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