A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
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Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon stuns herself on Tuesday with another gold medal-winning 1500m performance at the World Athletics Championship.
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Team Ethiopia sweeps all three medals in Saturday's dramatic 10,000m final, which saw Sifan Hassan, an Ethiopian-born Dutch runner, falling just metres before the finishing line.
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And in what's proving to be an eventful week for Africa's sports stars, Algerian footballer Islam Slimani greets fans at his new club, Brazil's Coritiba.
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South Africa displays hospitality on Tuesday, with traditional dancers greeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ahead of the Brics summit in Johannesburg.
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China's leader Xi Jinping also attends the summit, where he receives the Order of South Africa from President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Dancer Musa Motha, who had his leg amputated as a child, performs nearby in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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On Thursday, Nigerien reggae artist Black Mailer records an album in support of Niger’s army, which remains at the country's helm following a coup.
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Could Zimbabwe soon see a shift in power? Election officers count votes by torchlight on Wednesday.
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Young Masaai men in Kenya close in on an elder as part of Friday's activities as part of the Eunoto ceremony marking a transition into adulthood.
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Catholics from Burkina Faso clamour around the Pope in Vatican City on Wednesday.
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Coptic Christians at the Virgin Mary Festival in Dronka, Egypt, profess their faith with tattoos.
A couple of days later, Ethiopians in Tigray honour the Virgin Mary’s ascension to heaven with the annual Ashenda festival...
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...while youngsters navigate a rowboat through a village near the city of Cotonou in Benin on Tuesday.
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