A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
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A goat trader in Benin poses inside his van on Monday.
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While the vehicle is the focal point of this photo, snapped in Kenya on Tuesday.
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Sunlight breaks through dark clouds above the Dungu River in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday.
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And lights from mobile phones shine as Mahmoud Kahrba, a footballer with Egyptian club Al-Ahly, wipes his brow in Friday’s game against Algeria’s USM Alger.
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The next generation of footballers plays near a plantation in Sudan on Friday.
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While on the same day, children in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, began a new academic year.
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A masked witness leaves court in Goma, DR Congo, during the trial of six soldiers accused of crimes against humanity.
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Nigerien protesters spend their Friday outside a French army base, pausing their demonstration to pray in a neat formation.
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Thousands of kilometres away, a costumed climate change protester is ordered on Tuesday to leave the area outside Standard Bank's Johannesburg office.
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Elsewhere in South Africa, mourners say goodbye to outspoken politician and Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
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