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A selection of this year's best photos from the African continent and beyond.
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A woman looks out from a bar at Virage beach in Dakar, Senegal, on a January evening.
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Image caption,While this hopeful dog peers out from an animal shelter in Egypt's capital, Cairo, later in the month.
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Image caption,In February, a boy takes a leap at a Lunar New Year event in the South African city of Johannesburg.
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Image caption,A couple of weeks later, the Lagos International Polo Tournament in Nigeria is a place to see and be seen.
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Image caption,A mural is unveiled in Tema in February in memory of Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu, who died in Turkey's earthquakes.
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Image caption,In March, Tems makes her debut at the Oscars. Some complained that those behind the Nigerian singer during the ceremony couldn't see. But she said her outfit was intended to say: "Yes, yes, I am here!"
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Image caption,Later in March a man takes part in firey anti-government protests in a suburb of Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
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Image caption,In April, a man washes himself while working at the Chouara Tannery in Fes, one of Morocco's biggest tanneries.
Image source, Khaled Elfiqi/EPA
Image caption,Dancers perform the Tanoura folk dance in Egypt a few days later, during the holy month of Ramadan.
Image source, Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
Image caption,Christians also celebrated Easter in April. Here a 14-year-old is among a group of Catholics in the Kenyan capital re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Image source, Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
Image caption,In May, two girls whose families have fled Sudan's civil war giggle together in a wheelbarrow in neighbouring Chad.
Image source, Issouf Sanogo/AFP
Image caption,Ivory Coast writer Marguerite Abouet showcases her comic book at the Abidjan International Book Fair later in the month.
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Image caption,While girls play chess in the Ugandan city of Entebbe during an inter-schools championship that month.
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Image caption,In June, an activist dresses up as an oil executive in a protest organised by Extinction Rebellion in the South African city of Cape Town.
Image source, Daniel Irungu/EPA
Image caption,It is also the time of year for the Maasai Cultural Festival at the Sekenani village in Kenya.
Image source, Samuel Alabi/AFP
Image caption,Later in June in Nigeria, women shield their faces from the sun at the Ojude Oba cultural festival in Ogun state.
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Image caption,In July, residents of Johannesburg enjoy the first snow to fall in the South African city in a decade.
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Image caption,Para Athletics World Championships take place in France that month - with Senegal's Talla Diop seen here before the javelin qualifiers.
Image source, Zinyange Auntony/AFP
Image caption,A woman in Zimbabwe is pictured in Bulawayo as the country gears up for elections.
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Image caption,In August, the winner of the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, Natasha Joubert (L), is hugged by last year's title holder, Ndavi Nokeri, in Pretoria.
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Image caption,Also in August, on the side-lines of a cultural festival held near the city of El Jadida, a boy rides his horse into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Image caption,In September, Morocco suffered a devastating earthquake. Here cracks are evident in a school wall with the slogan: "A good education is worth more than a good inheritance."
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Image caption,Christians about to be baptised in the sea are seen that month on a beach in Gabon's capital, Libreville.
Image source, Badru Katumba/AFP
Image caption,In October, jean sellers are pictured at a market in Uganda's capital, Kampala, a few days after a ban on imported second-hand clothes came into effect.
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Image caption,Later in the month, it is time for make-up backstage at Kibera Fashion Week in Kenya.
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Image caption,In November, Nigerian singer Rema rides a giant bat during a dramatic performance in London - also using the occasion to draw attention to the Benin Bronzes looted by British troops in 1897.
Image source, Brian Inganga/Reuters
Image caption,That month, Kenyan soldiers take part in a drill for King Charles. The British monarch addressed the "wrongdoings" of Britain's colonial era during his visit, but did not deliver a formal apology.
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Image caption,In December, Tanzanian star Zuchu thrills the crowd at the inaugural Move Afrika festival in Rwanda, co-created by anti-poverty organisation Global Citizen.
Image source, Miguel Medina/AFP
Image caption,Girls see the funny side as they are photographed later in the month during a visit by France's prime minister to Mayotte, the French island that is part of the Comoros archipelago.
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Image caption,And Thierno Gueye dresses up as Santa Claus in Senegal's capital, Dakar, where Muslims and Christians have been celebrating Christmas together.
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