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Africa's week in pictures: 15-21 September 2023

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

News imageAFP A trader sits in their van, loaded with animals, as they wait at the border in Malanville between Benin and Niger on September 18, 2023.AFP
A goat trader in Benin poses inside his van on Monday.
News imageDaniel Irungu/Shutterstock A Kenyan calls for passengers at a bus station to board public transport in Nairobi, Kenya, 19 September 2023.Daniel Irungu/Shutterstock
While the vehicle is the focal point of this photo, snapped in Kenya on Tuesday.
News imageHugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images Aerial views of the Dungu river on September 18, 2023 in Dungu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images
Sunlight breaks through dark clouds above the Dungu River in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday.
News imageNurPhoto via Getty Images Mahmoud Kahrba, who plays for Egyptian club Al-Ahly, wipes his brow in Friday’s football game against Algeria’s USM Alger.NurPhoto via Getty Images
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.
News imageAFP Youngsters play football at a plantation in Sudan.AFP
The next generation of footballers plays near a plantation in Sudan on Friday.
News imageYassine Gaidi/Getty Images Children pose for a photo in a classroom as the 2023-2024 academic year begins for Tunisian students after the summer holiday in Tunis, Tunisia on September 15, 2023.Yassine Gaidi/Getty Images
While on the same day, children in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, began a new academic year.
News imageAlexis Huguet/AFP A masked witness leaves a court in Goma, DRC, during a trial against six soldiers accused of crimes against humanity.Alexis Huguet/AFP
A masked witness leaves court in Goma, DR Congo, during the trial of six soldiers accused of crimes against humanity.
News imageMahamadou Hamidou/Reuters Nigerien protesters pray outside a French army baseMahamadou Hamidou/Reuters
Nigerien protesters spend their Friday outside a French army base, pausing their demonstration to pray in a neat formation.
News imageKim Ludbrook/Shutterstock A member of Standard Bank security personnel ordering an Extinction Rebellion activist wearing a dinosaur to leave the area during an occupation protest in Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 September 2023.Kim Ludbrook/Shutterstock
Thousands of kilometres away, a costumed climate change protester is ordered on Tuesday to leave the area outside Standard Bank's Johannesburg office.
News imageRogan Ward/Reuters A portrait of Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a veteran politician and Zulu prince, is seen at his state funeral in Ulundi, South Africa, September 16, 2023.Rogan Ward/Reuters
Elsewhere in South Africa, mourners say goodbye to outspoken politician and Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

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