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Africa's week in pictures: 11-17 August 2023

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

News imageEmmanuel Osodi/Getty Images Street children practise acrobatics on unicycles in Lagos, Nigeria - Monday 14 August 2023Emmanuel Osodi/Getty Images
Street children practise acrobatics on unicycles in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Monday...
News imageEmmanuel Osodi/Getty Images A child practises acrobatics on a unicycle in Lagos, Nigeria - Monday 14 August 2023Emmanuel Osodi/Getty Images
They are part of a circus academy set up a few year ago by 30-year-old Kiyoro Olalekan, who also grew up homeless.
News imageSiphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Children holding South African flags and rugby balls at OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa - Saturday 12 August 2023Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
South Africans gather at the main airport in Johannesburg on Saturday to send-off the Springboks to the Rugby World Cup in France.
News imageKim Ludbrook/EPA A masked woman with a flag at the Stof Skop race meeting at the Randfontein Raceway, Johannesburg, South Africa -Saturday 12 August 2023Kim Ludbrook/EPA
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.
News imageOupa Bopape/Getty Images Natasha Joubert (L) and Ndavi Nokeri (R) at the 2023 Miss South Africa Final at SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa - Sunday 13 August 2023Oupa Bopape/Getty Images
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.
News imageGetty Images A woman dancing at the opening ceremony of the Giants of Africa Festival in Kigali, Rwanda - Sunday 13 August 2023Getty Images
Also on Sunday, the Giants of Africa Festival kicks off in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, with an energetic opening ceremony...
News imageGetty Images A South Sudanese team taking part in the opening ceremony of the Giants of Africa Festival in Kigali, Rwanda - Sunday 13 August 2023Getty Images
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.
News imageMorgan Hancock/Getty South Sudan basketball player Wenyen Gabriel and two others in Melbourne, Australia - Thursday 17 August 2023Morgan Hancock/Getty
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.
News imageAFP Farmer workers at a rice paddy near Niamey, Niger - Wednesday 16 August 2023AFP
On Wednesday, farm workers are pictured at a rice paddy near Niamey, the capital of Niger where the military seized power last month...
News imageAFP Female supporters fist pumping outside a French military base in Niamey, Niger - Friday 11 August 2023AFP
Supporters of Niger's junta gather on Friday in Niamey outside a French military base...
News imageMahamadou Hamidou/Reuters Coup supporters saluting outside a French military base in Niamey, Niger - Friday 11 August 2023Mahamadou Hamidou/Reuters
They shout slogans against France, the former colonial power, and the West African bloc Ecowas, which opposes the coup...
News imageDidier Assogba/EPA Drivers rest next to parked lorries near the border town of Malanville, Benin - Wednesday 16 August 2023Didier Assogba/EPA
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.
News imageZulyadain Isa Bello/Getty Images A tannery worker at his workshop in Kano, Nigeria - Sunday 13 August 2023Zulyadain Isa Bello/Getty Images
A tannery worker in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday uses traditional methods to process leather...
News imageZulyadain Isa Bello/Getty Images A tannery worker near pots of red dye in Kano, Nigeria - Sunday 13 August 2023Zulyadain Isa Bello/Getty Images
The skins are exported to various countries to be used in the production of shoes, clothes and other fashion accessories.
News imageDario Belingheri/Getty Images Nigerian cyclist Ese Ukpeseraye in a helmet in Glasgow, Scotland - Sunday 13 August 2023Dario Belingheri/Getty Images
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.
News imageEsa Alexander/Reuters Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema appears in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town, South Africa - Tuesday 15 August 2023Esa Alexander/Reuters
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.
News imageSeyllou/AFP Young boys play on a pirogue in Fass Boye, Senegal - Thursday 17 August 2023Seyllou/AFP
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.
News imageAaron Doster/Getty Images Tennis player Mayar Sherif of Egypt serves at the Western and Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, the US - Wednesday 16 August 2023Aaron Doster/Getty Images
The day before, Egypt's Mayar Sherif serves to US tennis player Coco Gauff during a match in the American state of Ohio.
News imageMohamed Messara/EPA A member of Le Trio Joubran playing the oud at the Carthage International Festival, Tunis, Tunisia - Monday 14 August 2023Mohamed Messara/EPA
And a Palestinian oud player performs on Monday at the Carthage International Festival in Tunisia's capital, Tunis.

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