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A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
Horse riders take to the beach in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday.
Image source, KHALED ELFIQI/EPA
Image caption,A strawberry farmer shows off his produce in northern Egypt on Monday.
Image source, DANIEL TEREFE/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Tuesday in Addis Ababa's Meskel Square.
Image source, ROB HILL/THE WASHINGTON POST/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,On the same day, members of the diaspora also celebrate the feast at a cathedral in the US capital, Washington DC.
Image source, KIM LUDBROOK/EPA
Image caption,Earlier that day, Circus Galassia performer Mohamed Aqueel Ambraram changes into his next outfit for a show in Johannesburg.
Image source, CAROLINE BREHMAN/EPA
Image caption,On Monday, Senegalese-American actor and model Anna Diop attends the Book of Clarence premiere in Los Angeles.
Image source, BILLEL BENSALEM/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,It's officially the year 2974 for members of Algeria's indigenous Amazigh community. Food and crafts go on sale at this New Year market on Wednesday.
Image source, FEISAL OMAR/REUTERS
Image caption,Somalis take to the streets of Mogadishu to protest against a deal that would give landlocked Ethiopia use of a strip of Somaliland's coastline during a 50-year period.
Image source, PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP
Image caption,Ross Branch of Botswana tackles the dunes of Saudi Arabia's desert during the Dakar Rally on Sunday.
Image source, SIA KAMBOU/AFP
Image caption,Vendors in Abidjan get ready for football fever to take over Ivory Coast, days before the country hosts the Africa Cup of Nations.
Image source, ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP
Image caption,Ghana's national side arrive in style in Abidjan on Wednesday. They are set to play Cape Verde in their first match on 14 January.
Image source, EMMANUEL OSODI/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,On Tuesday, Nigerian officials destroy a stockpile of seized ivory smuggled from various African countries that was worth about $11m (£7m). It is said to be one of the country's biggest-ever seizures.
Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
Image caption,Lawyers and citizens in Cape Town picket the Western Cape High Court in a show of support for the South African government, as it makes a case at The Hague accusing Israel of genocide and calling for a court order to stop its military operations in Gaza. Israel says the charges are "baseless".
Image source, SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS
Image caption,A candle is lit next to a photograph of esteemed South African photographer Peter Magubane at his funeral on Wednesday. He chronicled the struggles of black South Africans under the racist apartheid regime.
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