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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
Image source, JORIS BOLOMEY/AFP
Image caption,Women stand side-by-side wearing the colours of Chad's national flag, as they wait to see the interim President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno at a campaign event on Friday.
Image source, YASSINE GAIDI/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,Tunisia's ancient Roman Amphitheatre of El Djem is the setting for gladiator re-enactments on Sunday.
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Image caption,Reality TV star Yolanda Mukondi walks the red carpet at South Africa's Metro FM Music Awards on Saturday.
Image source, TOLGA AKMEN/EPA
Image caption,On Wednesday in London, Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o poses with Schnitzel the cat at a press day for her latest film.
Image source, KIM LUDBROOK/EPA
Image caption,A taxidermist prepares a cast for an antelope display at the HuntFX exhibition in South Africa on Friday.
Image source, FRANCOIS NEL/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,Uganda cricket teammates Ritah Musamali Stephanie Nampiina celebrate taking a wicket at Wednesday's ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.
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Image caption,French-Cameroonian football hero Kylian Mbappé is honoured with this mural in the Spanish capital Madrid.
Image source, FADEL SENNA/AFP
Image caption,A man checks out the latest RS Berkhane football shirts on Friday. They were confiscated from the Moroccan side's players at a continent-wide semi-final because they show a red map which annexes the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Image source, NACER TALEL/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,On the same day, Kevin Murphy of Al Ahly Ly takes aim during a match against the City Oilers in the Basketball Africa League.
Image source, TIKSA NEGERI/REUTERS
Image caption,The next day is Palm Sunday for Orthodox Christians...
Image source, KHALED DESOUKI/AFP
Image caption,At this service in Cairo's famous Cave Church, priests douse holy water on Egyptian and Ethiopian worshippers...
Image source, KHALED DESOUKI/AFP
Image caption,Who wait below for the blessing.
Image source, FADEL SENNA/AFP
Image caption,US jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn performs for international jazz day in Morocco on Tuesday.
Image source, DANIEL IRUNGU/EPA
Image caption,On Tuesday, stunned survivors look at the deadly chaos wrought by flooding in Kenya's Rift Valley. The El Nino effect is said to have played a role, as well as human-induced climate change. Close to 200 people are known to have died and an evacuation order has been given for large parts of the country.
Image source, MAHMOUD ELKHWAS/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,And the day before, hopeful birds circle fishermen as they bring in their catch off Egypt's Mediterranean coast.
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