Catwalks, canes and cars: Africa's top shots

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A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond:

A woman runs with a pram in the foreground, and a private residential ship is seen in the background. Both are framed by a sculpture in the shape of reading glasses.Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS

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Joggers and a huge cruise ship, The World, are seen from Cape Town's Sea Point Promenade in South Africa on Wednesday.

Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS

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In the same city on Saturday, people watch the lion dance during the Lunar Year of the Dragon festivities.

Image source, ROGAN WARD/REUTERS

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While across South Africa, in Durban, these girls don traditional beaded styles at the governing ANC's manifesto launch.

Image source, NADJA WOHLLEBEN/AFP

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Also on Saturday, French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop poses with Berlinale Jury President Lupita Nyong'o after winning the Best Film award for her feature Dahomey.

Image source, BENSON IBEABUCHI/AFP

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Iwájú star Simisola Gbadamosi arrives by customised transport for the animated Disney series' world premiere in Lagos, Nigeria, on Tuesday.

Image source, JOHN WESSELS/AFP

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On the same day, a delegate arrives at national talks in Senegal that were called by beleaguered President Macky Sall.

Image source, CHRISTIAN VIERIG/GETTY IMAGES

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Nigerian singer-songwriter Mr Eazi and wife Temi Otedola pose for the cameras during Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday...

Image source, TERESA SUAREZ/EPA

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Inside the venue, French-Moroccan designer Charaf Tajer presents the latest designs for his brand, Casablanca.

Image source, GIUSEPPE LAMI/EPA

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On Wednesday, Pope Francis is gifted a staff in the colours of the Ugandan flag in the Vatican City.

Image source, BADRU KATUMBA/AFP

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Members of Uganda's Soft Ground Wrestling group carry each other during a training session on Wednesday. Their antics are gaining a big internet following.

Image source, KHALED ELFIQI/EPA

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An Egyptian craftsman makes Ramadan lanterns, known as Fanous, in Cairo on Tuesday.

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Cameroon's women take on Nigeria at an Olympic football qualifier in Abuja on Monday and this player is showing her colours.

Image source, ABRAHAM ACHIRGA/REUTERS

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The next day, thousands protest over cripplingly high living costs in Nigeria and demand an end to existing World Bank and IMF policies.

Image source, MOHAMED MESSARA/EPA

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Supporters of Tunisia's Republican Party demand the release of all the political prisoners detained a year ago by President Kaïs Saïed.

Image source, MICHAEL PETRUS/AFP

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And on Sunday near Windhoek, Namibian Air Force pilots perform a flypast in honour of the late President Hage Geingob who died earlier this month during treatment for cancer.

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