Posers, pugilists and pussycats: Africa's top shots

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:

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Women stand side-by-side wearing the colours of Chad's national flag, as they wait to see the interim President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno at a campaign event on Friday.

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Tunisia's ancient Roman Amphitheatre of El Djem is the setting for gladiator re-enactments on Sunday.

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Reality TV star Yolanda Mukondi walks the red carpet at South Africa's Metro FM Music Awards on Saturday.

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On Wednesday in London, Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o poses with Schnitzel the cat at a press day for her latest film.

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A taxidermist prepares a cast for an antelope display at the HuntFX exhibition in South Africa on Friday.

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Uganda cricket teammates Ritah Musamali Stephanie Nampiina celebrate taking a wicket at Wednesday's ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.

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French-Cameroonian football hero Kylian Mbappé is honoured with this mural in the Spanish capital Madrid.

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A man checks out the latest RS Berkhane football shirts on Friday. They were confiscated from the Moroccan side's players at a continent-wide semi-final because they show a red map which annexes the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

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On the same day, Kevin Murphy of Al Ahly Ly takes aim during a match against the City Oilers in the Basketball Africa League.

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The next day is Palm Sunday for Orthodox Christians...

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At this service in Cairo's famous Cave Church, priests douse holy water on Egyptian and Ethiopian worshippers...

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Who wait below for the blessing.

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US jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn performs for international jazz day in Morocco on Tuesday.

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On Tuesday, stunned survivors look at the deadly chaos wrought by flooding in Kenya's Rift Valley. The El Nino effect is said to have played a role, as well as human-induced climate change. Close to 200 people are known to have died and an evacuation order has been given for large parts of the country.

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And the day before, hopeful birds circle fishermen as they bring in their catch off Egypt's Mediterranean coast.

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