A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
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Street children practise acrobatics on unicycles in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Monday...
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They are part of a circus academy set up a few year ago by 30-year-old Kiyoro Olalekan, who also grew up homeless.
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South Africans gather at the main airport in Johannesburg on Saturday to send-off the Springboks to the Rugby World Cup in France.
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On the same day in Johannesburg, a woman waits to flag off a motorcycle race at an annual event where participants race to the rule that there are no rules.
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The winner of the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, Natasha Joubert (L), is hugged by last year's title holder, Ndavi Nokeri, on Sunday in the capital, Pretoria.
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Also on Sunday, the Giants of Africa Festival kicks off in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, with an energetic opening ceremony...
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It is a week-long gathering for young people from 16 African countries who are taking part in basketball and other sporting and cultural events.
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South Sudan's Wenyen Gabriel warms up in Melbourne before a basketball game against Australia on Thursday. It is a friendly ahead of the Basketball World Cup that starts later this month.
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On Wednesday, farm workers are pictured at a rice paddy near Niamey, the capital of Niger where the military seized power last month...
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Supporters of Niger's junta gather on Friday in Niamey outside a French military base...
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They shout slogans against France, the former colonial power, and the West African bloc Ecowas, which opposes the coup...
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Drivers stuck at Benin's border with Niger because of sanctions imposed by Ecowas are seen in makeshift accommodation set up by their lorries on Wednesday.
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A tannery worker in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday uses traditional methods to process leather...
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The skins are exported to various countries to be used in the production of shoes, clothes and other fashion accessories.
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On the same day, Nigeria's Ese Ukpeseraye is all smiles before the Women's Elite and Under-23 race in the Scottish city of Glasgow, the final event of the UCI Cycling World Championships.
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Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema appears in a South African court on Tuesday in connection with an extradition application for him to face trial in Tanzania.
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Young boys play on Thursday on a pirogue in Fass Boye, the town in Senegal from where a boat set sail in July that was found off Cape Verde this week with many feared dead.
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The day before, Egypt's Mayar Sherif serves to US tennis player Coco Gauff during a match in the American state of Ohio.
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And a Palestinian oud player performs on Monday at the Carthage International Festival in Tunisia's capital, Tunis.
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