This week’s best photo picks from across the continent and beyond:
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In Kenya, members of the Rendille community gathered on Saturday…
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The cultural festival was held in the town of Logrog, Marsabit Province.
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Egyptian entrepreneur Ibrahim Abougendy was reflected in a mirror made from recycled car tires at his shop in Cairo on Friday.
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A girl waves the flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo (right) at the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain, on Sunday.
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Anime and cosplay enthusiasts dressed up as their favorite characters at the gathering in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Sunday.
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A proud Paralympic athlete displayed a prosthetic leg in the colors of the Mauritian flag during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Paris on Wednesday.
Monica Mwangi/Reuters
Fashion model Phelix Owiny attended the World Vitiligo Day celebrations held at the Royal Plaque Foundation in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Friday.
Mahmoud Türkiye/AFP
In Libya, where summer temperatures can reach 50 degrees Celsius, the men bathed two horses in the sea on Tuesday.
Fawaz Oyedeji/AFP
After being subjected to xenophobic abuse and withdrawing from the Miss South Africa pageant, Chidima Adesina attended the Miss Universe Nigeria pageant camp in Lagos on Saturday.
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On the same day, during the election campaign in Ghana, supporters of the main opposition party, the NDC, attended a manifesto launch.
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Musicians from the South African armed forces and dancers dressed in leopard skins performed at the International Military Music Festival in Moscow, Russia on Friday.
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Actress KB Motsilanyane, center, performs during the Soapie Awards in Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday.
Antonia Sempere/AFP
Dozens of migrants from West Africa arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands on Tuesday after travelling through one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
BADRU KATUMBA/AFP
Ugandan police arrested an environmentalist during a protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project in Kampala on Monday.
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Floods destroyed homes in Messawi, near Meroe city in northern Sudan on Tuesday, as residents built makeshift embankments…
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This man is helped up a wall after flooding in South Tokar, Red Sea State, Sudan…
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The people nearby took shelter from the scorching sun in a cement pipe.
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A cold front hit Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, causing frothy waters.
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Frank Fife/AFP
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Nipa Dennis/AFP
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