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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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Image caption,Equatorial Guinea's Diana-Lita Hinestrosa Eraul blows kisses on Monday ahead of the Miss Universe contest in El Salvador.
Image source, RODGER BOSCH/AFP
Image caption,Supporters line the streets of Cape Town as the Springboks continue their victory tour of South Africa on Friday.
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Image caption,James Githae, who leads Nakuru county's litter-picking group, sets to work in Kenya on Wednesday.
Image source, SIA KAMBOU/AFP
Image caption,On Saturday, King Amon Paul Désiré Tanow of the N'Zima Kotoko watches a cultural festival in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast.
Image source, JALAL MORCHIDI/EPA
Image caption,On the same day, Morocco's capital city Rabat hosts the World Flamenco Congress.
Image source, PEDRO VILELA/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,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.
Image source, RIJASOLO/AFP
Image caption,On the same day, security officers fire tear gas at protestors trying to reach an opposition rally in Madagascar's capital city.
Image source, RIJASOLO/AFP
Image caption,With weeks to go before a presidential election, some rival candidates and their supporters have been injured and arrested in the protests.
Image source, PETER FOLEY/EPA
Image caption,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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Image caption,Golfer Benjamin Follett-Smith of Zimbabwe looks on from the bunker at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in Spain on Friday.
Image source, MICHELE SPATARI/AFP
Image caption,Ethiopian Orthodox Christians walk down the street in Addis Ababa on the same day.
Image source, LEGNAN KOULA/EPA
Image caption,People gather for the Festival of Abissa in Ivory Coast on Saturday.
Image source, KHALED ELFIQI/EPA
Image caption,On Tuesday, workers pack sacks full of salt at Bardawel Lake in Egypt's North Sinai province.
Image source, JEROME FAVRE/EPA
Image caption,Soldiers present for inspection during Armed Forces Day in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday.
Image source, ERNEST ANKOMAH/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,Supporters of Ghana's governing party, the NPP, sing and dance ahead of a ceremony formally announcing Mahamudu Bawumia as its next presidential candidate.
Image source, FEISAL OMAR/REUTERS
Image caption,Heavy rain and flooding slow traffic down in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday.
Image source, ELENA FERNANDEZ/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,A man who has migrated through Spain's Canary Islands from sub-Saharan Africa smiles out of a hotel window on Thursday.
Image source, NIC BOTHMA/REUTERS
Image caption,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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