A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
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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.
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Equatorial Guinea's Diana-Lita Hinestrosa Eraul blows kisses on Monday ahead of the Miss Universe contest in El Salvador.
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Supporters line the streets of Cape Town as the Springboks continue their victory tour of South Africa on Friday.
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James Githae, who leads Nakuru county's litter-picking group, sets to work in Kenya on Wednesday.
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On Saturday, King Amon Paul Désiré Tanow of the N'Zima Kotoko watches a cultural festival in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast.
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On the same day, Morocco's capital city Rabat hosts the World Flamenco Congress.
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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.
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On the same day, security officers fire tear gas at protestors trying to reach an opposition rally in Madagascar's capital city.
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With weeks to go before a presidential election, some rival candidates and their supporters have been injured and arrested in the protests.
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The next day Hellen Obiri of Kenya celebrates winning the women's New York City Marathon, posing proudly with her daughter.
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Golfer Benjamin Follett-Smith of Zimbabwe looks on from the bunker at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in Spain on Friday.
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Ethiopian Orthodox Christians walk down the street in Addis Ababa on the same day.
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People gather for the Festival of Abissa in Ivory Coast on Saturday.
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On Tuesday, workers pack sacks full of salt at Bardawel Lake in Egypt's North Sinai province.
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Soldiers present for inspection during Armed Forces Day in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday.
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Supporters of Ghana's governing party, the NPP, sing and dance ahead of a ceremony formally announcing Mahamudu Bawumia as its next presidential candidate.
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Heavy rain and flooding slow traffic down in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday.
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A man who has migrated through Spain's Canary Islands from sub-Saharan Africa smiles out of a hotel window on Thursday.
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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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