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Africa's week in pictures: 23-29 June 2023

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

News imageSebnem Coskun/Getty Images A salesman prepares sea products on sale at Darajani fish market in Stone Town of Zanzibar, Tanzania - Friday 23 June 2023Sebnem Coskun/Getty Images
A fishmonger on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar grimaces as a prepares the catch for sale at Friday's fish market in Stone Town...
News imageÅebnem CoÅkun/Getty Images A diver swims around the underwater ecosystem of the Great Northern of Zanzibar, Tanzania - Friday 23 June 2023Åebnem CoÅkun/Getty Images
But there are fears that fishing and other activities off the island's coast could damage the underwater ecosystem, being inspected by a diver on the same day.
News imageJalal Morchidi/EPA A member of the Moallem Houssem Ghina Ensemble performs onstage during the 24th edition of the Gnaoua World Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco - Friday 23 June 2023Jalal Morchidi/EPA
A performer from the Moallem Houssem Ghina Ensemble leaps for the enjoyment of Friday's crowd at the Gnaoua World Music Festival in Morocco.
News imageLuc Gnago/Reuters Muslim women dance in the street a day ahead of Eid al-Adha, in Adjame, Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Tuesday 27 June 2023Luc Gnago/Reuters
In the Adjame suburb of Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, the Eid al-Adha festivities begin on Tuesday, the eve of the Muslim holiday.
News imageFadel Dawod/Getty Images Muslims celebrate after the Eid al-Adha prayer at Al Seddik Mosque in the Heliopolis area of Cairo, Egypt - Wednesday 28 June 2023Fadel Dawod/Getty Images
Egyptians enjoying the festivities on Wednesday got to take a picture with a gorilla that turned up at a mosque in the capital, Cairo.
News imageAFP Men skin a slaughtered sheep on the first day of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday in Wad Hamid, Sudan - Wednesday 28 June 2023AFP
In Wad Hamid, about 100km (60 miles) north of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, a man skins a sheep for an Eid feast, where people marked the festival despite the conflict...
News imageIbrahim Mohammed Ishak/Reuters A boy from Darfur attends Eid al-Adha prayers in al-Qadarif, Sudan- Wednesday 28 June 2023Ibrahim Mohammed Ishak/Reuters
But the fighting, which began in April, has forced millions from their homes - including this boy seen on Wednesday at Eid prayers in the east of Sudan.
News imageKim Ludbrook/EPA A worshiper spends time on his own after the main prayer service had finished at The Nizamiye Mosque during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa - Thursday 29 June 2023Kim Ludbrook/EPA
A worshipper has a contemplative moment at a mosque in the South African city of Johannesburg on Thursday, the second day of the Eid celebrations.
News imageCooper Inveen/Reuters A voter gets his nail inked after casting his ballot for the national elections at a polling station in Freetown, Sierra Leone - Saturday 24 June 2023Cooper Inveen/Reuters
A Sierra Leonean who has just cast their vote in Saturday's general election gets their nail inked to show they have taken part...
News imageJohn Wessels/AFP Supporters of the president of Sierra Leone and leader of Sierra Leone People's party (SLPP), Julius Maada Bio, celebrate in the streets following his re-election in Freetown - Tuesday 27 June 2023John Wessels/AFP
Three days later, supporters of incumbent President Julius Maada Bio celebrate in Freetown after he was declared the winner of the presidential race - a result that the opposition is disputing.
News imageAlexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Kennedy Munyao (R) of Kenya competes with Odai Deirawan of Syria at the Brandenburg Gate during day nine of Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 in Berlin Germany - Sunday 25 June 2023Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
Kenya's Kennedy Munyao speeds round the streets of Germany's capital, Berlin, in a 10km cycling race on Sunday at the Special Olympics World Games - a competition for people with intellectual disabilities.
News imageRafalia Henitsoa/Getty Images The 63rd anniversary of Madagascar's independence celebrated with military ceremony in the capital, Antananarivo - Monday 26 June 2023Rafalia Henitsoa/Getty Images
Madagascan soldiers march in formation on Monday in Antananarivo as part of events to mark the country's 63rd anniversary of independence.
News imageThomas Mukoya/Reuters Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga, of the Azimio La Umoja arrives at a public rally over the government finance bill, at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya - Tuesday 27 June 2023Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
And Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga proves that he can still pull a crowd on Tuesday, calling for civil disobedience against the new tax increases that have been signed into law.

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