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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:
Image source, ISSOUF SANOGO/ AFP
Image caption,A woman in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, carries an impressive number of water bottles on her head on Tuesday.
Image source, MICHELE SPATARI/ AFP
Image caption,Over in Hammanskraal in South Africa, a man is pictured walking on top of a tank to fill it with water on Tuesday, as residents have been warned not to drink tap water after a cholera outbreak.
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Image caption,There are high spirits in Eritrea on Wednesday as a woman celebrates the country's independence day, which marks the end of the country's 30-year war with Ethiopia...
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Image caption,President Isaias Afewerki is all smiles on Eritrea's big day. The country was annexed by Ethiopia in 1962, but its forces regained the capital in 1991 and eventually voted for independence in 1993.
Image source, BENOIT DOPPAGNE/ AFP
Image caption,This Senegalese woman is photographed at the opening of a limestone plant in Dakar.
Image source, SAMUEL ALABI/ AFP
Image caption,The Sultan of Kano (left) and the Ooni of Ife attend a ceremony in Lagos along with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari at the launch of an oil refinery on Monday, described as Africa's largest.
Image source, MUHAMADOU BITTAYE/ AFP
Image caption,Back in Senegal, there are protests as demonstrators block the road leading to the home of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, in order to prevent his arrest on Monday. He is accused of rape, which he denies.
Image source, Hector Vivas/ Getty Images
Image caption,There are excited Senegalese football fans in Argentina on Sunday as they cheer their team on at the Fifa U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023 group match against Japan, which saw Japan win 1-0.
Image source, Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Image caption,South Africans Tina Sekete and Jane Dlamini are all smiles as they pose for a picture during Africa Day Dublin on Thursday. Ireland's Department of Foreign Affair organises events each year on the 25 May to celebrate the people and cultures of the continent.
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Image caption,On Saturday in Algeria's capital, Algiers, a group of women attend a parade to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Polisario Front. The movement is fighting for the independence of Western Sahara. Morocco currently controls around 80% of the territory and the rest is held by Polisario.
Image source, JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/ AFP
Image caption,Jail guards in Zimbabwe are on duty in Harare Central Prison on Friday, when authorities released about a fifth of all prisoners under a presidential amnesty order meant to decongest the country’s overcrowded jails.
Image source, FADEL SENNA/ AFP
Image caption,Rabat's skies are lit up in Morocco as the year-long event Rabat, African Capital of Culture comes to an end.
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