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A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
Image source, Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Firefighters and volunteers battle flames in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday after a depot housing oil barrels catches fire.
Image source, Esa Alexander/Reuters
Image caption,A hot and dry spell in South Africa's Western Cape has led to wildfire outbreaks including in Pringle Bay on Wednesday.
Image source, Esa Alexander/Reuters
Image caption,One firefighter takes a break from his work in order to cool down.
Image source, Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP
Image caption,A man in The Gambia wears a traditional mask for Saturday's Kankurang initiation festival of the Mandingo people.
Image source, Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP
Image caption,A performer at the festival dances among the flames as the crowd watches on.
Image source, Ousmane Makaveli/AFP
Image caption,In Mali on Friday, competitors take to traditional canoes for a race at the Ogobagna cultural festival in the capital, Bamako.
Image source, Alexis Huguet/AFP
Image caption,Sunday in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sees a mass for peace in the troubled region led by Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of the Catholic Church.
Image source, Michele Spatari/AFP
Image caption,The day before, a photographer captures Muslim worshippers in the vast Merkato commercial district of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
Image source, Luc Gnago/Reuters
Image caption,The thrilling Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast has been providing a welcome distraction including for this Burkinabe fan on Tuesday.
Image source, Issouf Sanogo/AFP
Image caption,But there are winners and losers and on Sunday, Carlos Akapo is distraught after his nation, Equatorial Guinea, was defeated 1-0 by Guinea in a round-of-16 match.
Image source, Fadel Senna/AFP
Image caption,But the following day, fans of the host nation Ivory Coast were ecstatic in the city of Korhogo after their team beat much-fancied Senegal in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out.
Image source, Zo Andrianjafy/Reuters
Image caption,Rabe, who sifts through waste to find recyclable plastic at a dump site near Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, is photographed on Tuesday as he takes a break from his hard work.
Image source, Daniel Irungu/EPA
Image caption,Kenyan activists attempting to get the authorities to do more to tackle femicide march through Nairobi on Saturday.
Image source, Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
Image caption,A young girl grabs a phone to capture a rainbow arching over Egypt's capital, Cairo, on Wednesday.
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