This week’s best photo picks from across the continent and beyond:
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Kenyan ballet students rehearse before a performance in Nairobi’s Kibera neighborhood on Wednesday.
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An artist painted a mural on Friday in Tiaret, southwestern Algeria, the hometown of Olympic champion boxer Imani Khelif.
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On the same day, at the Paris Olympics, Julia Vincent competed in the women’s three-meter springboard diving final for South Africa.
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The next day in Pretoria, former Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri walked the red carpet ahead of this year’s event…
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Mia le Roux was crowned the winner of the competition after weeks of heated debate as one contestant sparked public backlash due to her Nigerian heritage.
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A Simb performer with face paint and costume in Dakar, Senegal, on Monday…
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The group hosts various events throughout the year, including wrestling tournaments and Independence Day events.
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A devotee carries an offering in a gourd to the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Osogbo, southwestern Nigeria, on Friday…
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Every year, the Osun Festival attracts devotees from far and wide.
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The next day, a role player attended a medieval fantasy expo near Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Botswana sprinter Lezile Tebogo was greeted by a huge crowd in Gaborone on Tuesday after he claimed the world’s best time in the 200m at the Olympics.
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Sudanese protesters in Switzerland called for an end to the civil war in their homeland as peace talks began on Wednesday.
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Workers picked delicate jasmine petals near Egypt’s Nile Delta on Sunday.
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A few days later, in the same country, a man was playing with lasers as people looked up at the night sky in search of the Milky Way.
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