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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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There's festive fun in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on Saturday...
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Image caption,As the lights are turned on at a Christmas village.
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Image caption,Fred Pessa and others members of the Nairobi Philharmonic Orchestra perform Christmas carols in the Kenyan capital on Sunday.
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Image caption,While on Tuesday, Cameroon sheep are kept warm with festive jumpers in Scotland as temperatures drop below zero.
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Image caption,On the same day in Japan, Miss Cape Verde wears this creation during the "national costume" contest at the Miss International Beauty Pageant...
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Image caption,Precious Obisoso of Nigeria says "the red feathers in my costume represents the blood of innocent youths that was shed during a peaceful protest against injustice", and the gorilla cut-out "represents a giant which symbolises the nature of Nigerians".
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Image caption,Saturday sees the return of the annual Lagos Dog Carnival in Nigeria...
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Image caption,And a day later comes Uganda's Annual Dog Festival, held in the capital Kampala.
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Image caption,There's time for a selfie during Jamhuri Day - or Independence Day - festivities in Kenya's Nyayo National Stadium.
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Image caption,On Saturday, a competitor throws a rungu - a kind of club - at an event dubbed the Maasai Olympics...
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Image caption,The yearly event at the base of Mt Kilimanjaro was conceived as an alternative rite of passage to killing lions, as had long been customary.
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Image caption,Residents of Lenaisa, near Johannesburg, paddle to their homes on Friday as South Africa is hit by floods.
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Image caption,More than 120 people have died in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after floods and landslides swept whole houses away.
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Image caption,A flamingo takes flight from Port Fouad Nature Reserve in Egypt on Monday.
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Image caption,On Wednesday Kenyan lawyers Valerie Omari, Mercy Mutemi and Damaris Mutemi address the media after filing a lawsuit accusing Meta - the parent company of Facebook - of enabling hateful posts about the Ethiopian conflict.
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Image caption,Members of South Africa's ruling ANC party rejoice on Tuesday, after MPs voted not to accept a report that could have led to impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Image caption,Ecstatic Moroccans celebrate their country's win over Portugal on Saturday, which makes them the first African team ever to reach a men's football World Cup semi-final.
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Image caption,But hopes comes crashing down on Wednesday when France beat Morocco 2-0, denying them a place in the final against Argentina.
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Image caption,On Sunday in Chad, riders compete in a horse race during the Festival of Nomadic Cultures of Mongo.
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Image caption,And on Tuesday a couple walk along the beach in Mauritius' capital city, Port Louis.
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