Africa's week in pictures: 24-30 November 2023

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

Initiates perform during the initiation ceremony at Wole Soyinka Theatre at the University of Ibadan on November 24, 2023.Image source, SAMUEL ALABI/AFP

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Theature students at Nigeria's University of Ibadan perform an initiation ceremony on Friday...

Image source, SAMUEL ALABI/AFP

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The rites are meant to create a bond between classmates.

Image source, JALAL MORCHIDI/EPA

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On the same day, Moroccan actress Fatima-Ezzahra el Jouhari blows a kiss on the red carpet at the Marrakech International Film Festival.

Image source, DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP

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Hilarion Kassa Moussavou from Gabon (2nd from left), who appears in the Guardians of the Forest documentary, joins co-stars from Mongolia, Brazil, Canada and Papua New Guinea at a Unesco event on Monday.

Image source, JUAN CARLOS HERNANDEZ/AFP

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A newborn South African lion cub is shown to the cameras at Venezuela's Las Delicias Zoo on Wednesday.

Image source, LUKE DRAY/GETTY IMAGES

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The day before, John Malesh stands on the now-flooded land in Benitu where his house once stood. The climate crisis has caused unprecedented weather extremes in South Sudan.

Image source, JAMES WAKIBIA/GETTY IMAGES

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In Kenya, Elizabeth Ngusilo talks to reporters outside the Nakuru High Court, as her Ogiek community challenge government attempts to evict them from the Mau Forest.

Image source, CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES

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Sunday sees people gather in Senegal's capital for the Dakar Carnival...

Image source, CEM OZDEL/GETTY IMAGES

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The festivities include canoe races...

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And dancing by members of the Lebu community...

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All happening under a resplendent full moon.

Image source, MAXIM SHIPENKOV/EPA

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Ethiopian designer Kunjina Tesfaye's wares go on show at the BRICS+ Fashion Summit in Russia on Thursday.

Image source, ALEX CAPARROS/FIFA/GETTY IMAGES

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Ibrahim Diarra (centre) salutes with his teammates after scoring Mali's first goal against France, in the FIFA Under 17s World Cup semi-final on Tuesday.

Image source, IBRAHIM BARRIE/EPA

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A soldier carries a rocket-propelled grenade launcher in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Monday, after the government said it had thwarted an attempted coup at the weekend.

Image source, AMIR MAKAR/AFP

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On the same say, a cat sits Sphinx-like at the ruins of an ancient Greek temple in Alexandria, Egypt.

Image source, SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

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And on Saturday in South Africa's Eastern Cape, young Xhosa initiate Lukho Qongqo poses for a photograph.

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