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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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Image caption,The annual paragliding festival in Kwahu-Atibie, Ghana, attracts onlookers on Friday...
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Image caption,Among those taking part are Michael Kwakye and Stephen Asamoah, smiling and derigging here after landing safely.
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Image caption,On Wednesday in Cairo an Egyptian dance troupe performs the Tanoura, which incorporates the Sufi technique of whirling.
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Image caption,On Monday in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the Area 10 Scout brass band plays on Lumley beach.
Image source, Moses Sawasawa
Image caption,A year after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local artists' workshop Kuliko Art stages a fashion show to raise funds for survivors living in this camp in Goma.
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Image caption,On Easter Sunday, members of Sierra Leone's Maroon Church attend a service in their 230-year-old chapel.
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Image caption,On the same day in Egypt, Coptic Christians celebrate Palm Sunday at St Simon's Church...
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Image caption,The structure, also know as the Cave Church, is carved into a hillside in the Mokattam district of Cairo.
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Image caption,Also in Cairo and a day earlier, Muslims break their Ramadan fast with a mass gathering along a 750-metre table.
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Image caption,On Sunday in Kenya's capital Nairobi, these worshippers attend a solemn church service.
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Image caption,While in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, a mock crucifixion on Good Friday sees a man attached to a cross...
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Image caption,And fake blood plus cleverly placed nails are used to mimic the stigmata on Jesus' hands.
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Image caption,Art lovers take in this piece, The Concert, by Moroccan-French artist Latifa Echakhch at the Venice Biennale on Tuesday.
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Image caption,And on Friday volunteers clear debris from the beaches in Durban, South Africa, where the authorities have declared a state of disaster after deadly flooding that experts believe was amplified by climate change.
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