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Africa's week in pictures: 3-9 November 2023

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

News imageCARL DE SOUZA/AFP A man wearing matching a matching hat and robes stands next to a colourful street mural.CARL DE SOUZA/AFP
On Wednesday in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, Angola's King Tchongolola Tchongonga Ekuiki VI visits people who trace their ancestry back to Angola.
News imageAPHOTOGRAFIA/GETTY IMAGES Diana-Lita Hinestrosa Eraul, Miss Universe Equatorial Guinea, blows kisses to the camera as she walks down the street with other contestants.APHOTOGRAFIA/GETTY IMAGES
Equatorial Guinea's Diana-Lita Hinestrosa Eraul blows kisses on Monday ahead of the Miss Universe contest in El Salvador.
News imageRODGER BOSCH/AFP A girl wears a Springboks jersey along with colourful braids and a flag painted on her cheek.RODGER BOSCH/AFP
Supporters line the streets of Cape Town as the Springboks continue their victory tour of South Africa on Friday.
News imageJAMES WAKIBIA/GETTY IMAGES James Githae, the Chairman of Nakuru County Waste Pickers Association, sorts plastic bottles at Gioto dumping site.JAMES WAKIBIA/GETTY IMAGES
James Githae, who leads Nakuru county's litter-picking group, sets to work in Kenya on Wednesday.
News imageSIA KAMBOU/AFP A man on a large gold throne and his entourage watch an event from the stands.SIA KAMBOU/AFP
On Saturday, King Amon Paul Désiré Tanow of the N'Zima Kotoko watches a cultural festival in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast.
News imageJALAL MORCHIDI/EPA Spanish flamenco dancer Maria Moreno spins in a red, ruffled flamenco dress.JALAL MORCHIDI/EPA
On the same day, Morocco's capital city Rabat hosts the World Flamenco Congress.
News imagePEDRO VILELA/GETTY IMAGES Marc Diakiese of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who has bright dyed hair, fights Kaue Fernandes of Brazil.PEDRO VILELA/GETTY IMAGES
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Marc Diakiese squares up to his UFC opponent in Brazil on Saturday, in a match he went on to win.
News imageRIJASOLO/AFP Security officers fire tear gas as they clash with demonstrators.RIJASOLO/AFP
On the same day, security officers fire tear gas at protestors trying to reach an opposition rally in Madagascar's capital city.
News imageRIJASOLO/AFP A demonstrator prepares to throw a rock as they clash with police on their way to an opposition rally.RIJASOLO/AFP
With weeks to go before a presidential election, some rival candidates and their supporters have been injured and arrested in the protests.
News imagePETER FOLEY/EPA A woman holds a medal and her young daughter smiles next to her.PETER FOLEY/EPA
The next day Hellen Obiri of Kenya celebrates winning the women's New York City Marathon, posing proudly with her daughter.
News imageANGEL MARTINEZ/GETTY IMAGES A man peers above the ground in front of him. Only his head is visible.ANGEL MARTINEZ/GETTY IMAGES
Golfer Benjamin Follett-Smith of Zimbabwe looks on from the bunker at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in Spain on Friday.
News imageMICHELE SPATARI/AFP Ethiopian Orthodox Christians walk down the street, wearing white clothes and carrying embroidered umbrellas.MICHELE SPATARI/AFP
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians walk down the street in Addis Ababa on the same day.
News imageLEGNAN KOULA/EPA People dance wearing white, with white paint etched onto their arms and chests.LEGNAN KOULA/EPA
People gather for the Festival of Abissa in Ivory Coast on Saturday.
News imageKHALED ELFIQI/EPA A worker prepares sacks of salt.KHALED ELFIQI/EPA
On Tuesday, workers pack sacks full of salt at Bardawel Lake in Egypt's North Sinai province.
News imageJEROME FAVRE/EPA A new promotion of army officers stand at attention during Armed Forces Day in Camp Dial Diop.JEROME FAVRE/EPA
Soldiers present for inspection during Armed Forces Day in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday.
News imageERNEST ANKOMAH/GETTY IMAGES People dressed in blue sing, dance and wave their arms in the air.ERNEST ANKOMAH/GETTY IMAGES
Supporters of Ghana's governing party, the NPP, sing and dance ahead of a ceremony formally announcing Mahamudu Bawumia as its next presidential candidate.
News imageFEISAL OMAR/REUTERS A child is helped as he disembarks from a rickshaw taxi in a flooded road.FEISAL OMAR/REUTERS
Heavy rain and flooding slow traffic down in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday.
News imageELENA FERNANDEZ/GETTY IMAGES A migrant from the Canary Islands waves at one of the windows of the Baixamar hotel in Sanxenxo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.ELENA FERNANDEZ/GETTY IMAGES
A man who has migrated through Spain's Canary Islands from sub-Saharan Africa smiles out of a hotel window on Thursday.
News imageNIC BOTHMA/REUTERS The winning yacht, Dare to Lead, arrives in Cape Town to win leg two of The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.NIC BOTHMA/REUTERS
And on the same day, sailors in leg two of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race reach their journey's end in Cape Town.

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