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Africa's week in pictures: 7-13 July 2023

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

News imageDaniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP Kylian Mbappé surrounded by Cameroonian security forces, family and well-wishers.Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP
Football star Kylian Mbappé gets a hero's welcome visiting his father's village in Ile Djébalé, Cameroon, on Monday.
News imageJohn Muchucha/Reuters Women in the Mathare settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, try to run away from tear gas fired by police.John Muchucha/Reuters
Countrywide protests against tax rises and a cost-of-living crisis are met by a police crackdown in Kenya on Wednesday. At least 13 people are believed to have died in a day of violence.
News image Matthias Hangst/Getty Images A man stands in the shade with bright reflections on his sunglasses. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
Senegal's Talla Diop looks on before javelin qualifiers at the Para Athletics World Championships in France...
News imageMoto Yoshimura/Getty Images Valentin Ndzana leaps over the pole.Moto Yoshimura/Getty Images
The next day, Valentin Ndzana of Cameroon competes in the high jump.
News imageValeria Mongelli/Getty Images A chihuahua dressed in a pharaoh-like costume.Valeria Mongelli/Getty Images
Ancient Egypt inspires this chihuahua's costume at Thailand's International Dog Show on Thursday.
News imageElisabetta A Villa/Getty Images Three models in long-sleeved gowns walk down a runway.Elisabetta A Villa/Getty Images
On Monday, Morocco Fashion House by Hayat showcases these gowns in Rome, Italy.
News imageGian Ehrenzeller/EPA Wizkid performs at Openair Frauenfeld music festival in Switzerland.Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA
Saturday sees Nigeria's Wizkid perform to fans at a festival in Switzerland.
News imageSiphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Girls play with a large snow ball at a school in Brackenhurst, south of Johannesburg, on 10 July.Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
Children enjoy a rare snowfall in Johannesburg during South Africa's cold snap on Monday.
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News imageFathi Nasri/AFP Boys and girls play in a courtyard.Fathi Nasri/AFP
It's also playtime for these children who've fled racist violence in the Tunisian city of Sfax to the militarised buffer zone bordering Libya. Tunisia's president has been accused of stoking tensions leading to widespread attacks on sub-Saharan migrants in the country.
News imageJeff Bottari/Getty Images Israel Adesanya faces off against Dricus Du Plessis in Las Vegas, the US.Jeff Bottari/Getty Images
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya of Nigeria and South Africa's Dricus du Plessis square up to each other before their fight in the US on Saturday.
News imageHannah Mckay/Reuters Ons Jabeur smiles and clenches her fist in celebration.Hannah Mckay/Reuters
Tunisian tennis ace Ons Jabeur powers through to the Wimbledon semi-finals in London, the UK, on Wednesday, before going on to reach Saturday's final.
News imageJustin Tallis/AFP Ncuti Gatwa poses in a cut-out white top and sequinned shorts.Justin Tallis/AFP
In the same city the day before, Rwandan-Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa poses at a film premiere.
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News imagePhilimon Bulawayo/Reuters Floyd Mayweather gestures to fans upon his arrival at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 13 July.Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters
Retired US boxer Floyd Mayweather dabbles in Zimbabwean politics, as he visits the country to boost support for the governing Zanu-PF party ahead of next month's general election.
News imageBillel Bensalem/Getty Images A man cools off at a splash pad.Billel Bensalem/Getty Images
And this man cools off in Algeria's capital, Algiers, as temperatures reach 42C on Monday.

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