A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent:
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A fire breather wows people at an arts festival on Monday in the Oworonshoki district of Nigeria's commercial hub, Lagos.
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A bride and groom get ready for their wedding in the High Atlas Mountains as Morocco's Amazigh people celebrate "engagement season" on Saturday.
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Tunisians turn out in large numbers in the capital, Tunis, on Sunday to protest against a proposed amendment to the electoral law that aims to end the administrative court's ability to rule on election disputes.
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Men use any vantage point on Wednesday to watch a fiercely fought local football match between two teams from Toubab Dialaw, near Senegal's capital, Dakar.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
It's eyes down on Sunday for the first day of Egypt's academic year at Orman school in the capital, Cairo...
Billel Bensalem / AFP
...on the same day schools open in Algeria with a clown trying his best to put pupils at their ease in a classroom in the capital, Algiers.
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An Isicathamiya group, which sings in the traditional Zulu acapella style, takes part in Saturday's annual festival that celebrates the music in South Africa's coastal city of Durban.
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A drummer plays along at an impromptu church service on the streets of Kamituga, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday.
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Friday sees people across the continent take part in World Cleanup Day, including in the Kenyan city of Nakuru, where volunteers are helping rid the streets of rubbish.
Alfredo Zuniga / AFP
A military band leader stands out among the camouflaged soldiers as Mozambique marks Wednesday's armed forces day.
Monicah Mwangi / Reuters
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Heavy snowfall in South Africa's Free State province causes disruption and excitement on Saturday with some taking advantage of the weather to build a rare snowman.
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A drone above Lagos's Obalende bus terminus captures the scene as the vehicles wait for the passengers to board on Tuesday.
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