A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:
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On Saturday Burundian traditional warriors and dancers celebrate Imbonerakure Day. The Imbonerakure are the youth wing of the ruling party.
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Also on Saturday, over in Niger a military supporter holds the national flags of Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Niger and Russia.
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Children in the Sudanese village of al-Jaberab help harvest onions on Wednesday.
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Egypt's Hannah Dabees performs in the Women's Free Skating of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Thailand on Friday.
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Meanwhile, fans watch a football game back home in Egypt on the same day.
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On Wednesday, a Sudanese fighter watches over a military convoy accompanying the governor in Darfur.
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Dancers perform at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games in Madagascar on Friday.
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Gabonese men celebrate the military takeover in the capital, Libreville, on Wednesday.
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Uganda's Victor Kiplangat is all smiles after winning gold in the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday.
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And Wyclife Oluoch poses with sculptures from a project called Sufuria Moto by photographer Donwilson Odhiambo and artist James Dundi in Kenya on Saturday.
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