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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:
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Image caption,Preparations get under way at South African Fashion Week in Johannesburg on Friday...
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Image caption,Models wore creations by Fuata Moyo, Refuse Clothing, Rubicon and more.
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Image caption,On the same day this horseman poses for the camera before the centuries-old Durbar Festival in Ilori, Nigeria.
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Image caption,The next day in Senegal's capital Dakar, worshippers gather for Eid prayers marking the end of Ramadan.
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Image caption,On the same day in Ivory Coast, revellers take part in the Popo Carnival...
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Image caption,This man is among the celebrants in Bonoua town...
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Image caption,The annual festival honours the heritage of the Aboure people and attracts people from all over - including this woman from Trinidad and Tobago.
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Image caption,On Friday, Cameroonian sociologist Muhammed Pagna explains how masks made from soil were used as passports for travel and hunting access in pre-colonial times.
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Image caption,Thousands are fleeing fighting caused by a rift between two top generals in Sudan. Many people have gone northwards to Egypt, where this Sudanese man is seen at a bus station on Tuesday.
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Image caption,Some others have exited southwards, via South Sudan, like these Kenyan students. But many more foreign nationals are still stuck inside the country and feel bitterly let down by their governments.
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Image caption,On Friday, a couple pose for a portrait in Agadez, northern Niger.
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Image caption,In Egypt on the same day, the desert is a fitting backdrop for a shared moment of spiritual contemplation.
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Image caption,And on Tuesday, marathon runners pass a memento mori in Morocco's Saharan expanse.
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