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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
On Sunday in South Africa, women from the Nazareth Baptist Church dance in unison...
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Image caption,Thousands are taking part in the annual prayer and reconciliation ceremony at the Enyokeni Zulu Royal Palace in Nongoma.
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Image caption,On the same day at the football World Cup in Qatar, a fan of Morocco's Atlas Lions squares up to Belgium supporters. The North African side won 2-0.
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Image caption,Ghanaians are delighted as their national team delivers a stunning 3-2 victory over South Korea the next day...
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Image caption,There is anxiety for South Korea now who must defeat Portugal to stay in the competition.
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Image caption,A day later Senegal triumph 2-1 over Ecuador to secure their place in the knockout stages.
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Image caption,Mostafa Mahmoud, 68, is Cairo's football man. He has been fixing and making balls in the Egyptian capital for five decades.
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Image caption,Kenyan acrobats perform for Pope Francis in the Vatican on Wednesday.
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Image caption,On Saturday in Senegal, people parade down the streets during the Dakar Carnival.
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Image caption,Children sit outside their homes in Morocco's blue-washed town of Chefchaouen on Thursday.
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Image caption,Musicians show off their skills at Festi Balafon in Ivory Coast on Friday. The balafon is a vibraphone that is common to many West and Central African cultures.
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Image caption,This event in Liberia on Friday kicks off 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
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Image caption,A shopkeeper spoons a dollop of harissa in Tunisia on Thursday - when Unesco grants the spicy paste official recognition as an article of intangible cultural heritage.
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Image caption,Flamingos feed on algae in this Young Environmental Photographer of the Year-winning photo. The site in Kenya was once a freshwater lake but has turned into saltpans that are toxic to most other forms of animal life.
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Image caption,It's Black Friday frenzy in Zimbabwe as shoppers hit the sales looking for bargains.
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Image caption,While in Egypt this woman practises the slower art of rug-making on Monday.
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Image caption,Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o takes to the red carpet at an event in New York City on Saturday.
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Image caption,On Wednesday, outraged South Africans protest at the courts' decision to free the killer of anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani on parole.
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Image caption,Congolese protesters, who say a new regional force is failing to deal with rebels in North Kivu, confront a policeman on Thursday.
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Image caption,Three men travel thousands of miles from Nigeria to Spain's Canary Islands by stowing away on a ship's rudder.
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Image caption,And in Kenya on Wednesday, six-year-old Dorcas Mumbi tends to crops wearing a bear hat.
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