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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:
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Image caption,A student at a military school in Senegal struggles during a military parade marking the country's independence on Tuesday...
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Image caption,But no such problems for the musicians in the police band during the event in Dakar.
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Image caption,On Monday, a woman herds her sheep near the north-eastern Tunisian town of Korba. With dams at critical lows following years of drought, authorities announced a ban on the use of potable water for irrigating farmland or green spaces, or for cleaning public areas or cars...
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Image caption,This aerial view of the Chiba dam in the Nabeul Governorate on Saturday shows the scale of Tunisia's water crisis...
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Image caption,On the same day, two boys stand on the ground where the effects of rising temperatures and lack of rain are easily visible.
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Image caption,No such water problems at the Chouara Tannery in Fes, one of Morocco's biggest tanneries, where a worker washes himself on Monday.
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Image caption,A girl selling farm produce smiles in a camp for displaced people in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday...
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Image caption,On Sunday, the country's national flag is on display in Jerusalem during a procession on the Mount of Olives to mark Palm Sunday...
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Image caption,While on the same day in Nairobi, members of Kenya's Legio Maria Church march along the streets of Kibera to commemorate the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.
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Image caption,On the other side of the continent in Lagos, members of Nigeria's Celestial Church of Christ also take part in the tradition that re-enacts the palm branches placed in the path of Jesus as he rode into the city.
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Image caption,It is also a special time for Muslims, who are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan. At the Ghouri complex in Cairo, members of Egypt's Tanoura Dance Troupe perform on Wednesday.
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Image caption,A vendor in Rabat, Morocco, arranges dates, a fruit popular with Muslims when they break the Ramadan fast, in his shop on Sunday.
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Image caption,On Tuesday, LGBT activist Papa De raises a fist outside Uganda's High Commission in South Africa during a picket against the country's Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
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