Africa's week in pictures: 11-17 February 2022

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:

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Visitors look around the "upside-down house" near Johannesburg in South Africa on Tuesday, which also has upside-down rooms on the inside.

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The day before in the neighbouring city of Randfontein, a woman stands outside an optometrist clinic.

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Christian Orthodox Bishop Nektarios of Gulu and northern Uganda is ordained on Sunday in Egypt's capital, Cairo.

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On Friday, students march in Cameroon's annual Youth Day parade in the capital, Yaoundé.

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Seven-year-old influencer Aria De Chicchis poses with her mother and manager, South African-born Pam Mbatani, on Saturday during New York fashion week.

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Valentine's Day displays fill this shop window in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Sunday...

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And on the day itself, this woman and others giving blood at a Valentine's Day donation drive in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, are rewarded with flowers.

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On Friday, tall palms stretch skyward at this grove in Nefta, south-western Tunisia...

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And two days later in the same oasis town, a man visits the barber for a haircut.

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On Monday, thousands in Liberia and the diaspora flocked to celebrations in the capital, Monrovia, marking 200 years since the nation's birth.

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Ons Jabeur of Tunisia prepares to wallop the ball at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis WTA Championships on Tuesday...

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And Israel Adesanya of Nigeria lands a blow on Australia's Robert Whittaker in their UFC middleweight championship on Saturday in the US.

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Sika Kone of Mali (L) and Victoria Macaulay of Nigeria pose with their gongs on Sunday, after being named group B's all-star five players at FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup qualifying tournament in Serbia.

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And on Saturday, South African beauty queen Shudu Musida hosts a concert by Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

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