Africa’s week in pictures

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:

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Nigerian singer Tems arrives at a fund-raising gala in New York on MondayIMAGE SOURCE,ANGELA WEISS/AFP
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With eye-catching headgear, Nigerian singer Tems arrives at a fund-raising gala in New York on Monday, where the works of fashion designer Karl Lagerfield were on display under the theme A Line of Beauty.
Exotic animal fair held in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 30, 2023IMAGE SOURCE,IHSAAN HAFFEJEE/GETTY IMAGES
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Headgear of a different kind was on display at an exotic animal fair held in South Africa’s main city Johannesburg on Sunday.
A female auto mechanic in Kenya's capital Nairobi - Saturday 29 April 2023IMAGE SOURCE,GERALD ANDERSON/GETTY IMAGES
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While on Saturday, this auto mechanic works on a vehicle in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, doing a job rarely associated with women.
A boy carries a bouquet of flowers as he walks past a bus torched by unknown people ahead of protests by supporters of Kenya's opposition in Nairobi, Kenya - Tuesday 2 May 2023IMAGE SOURCE,THOMAS MUKOYA/REUTERS
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Three days later in the same city, this boy walks past a torched bus with a bouquet of flowers, after an opposition protest turned violent.
Members and worshippers of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church sing and pray before the beginning of court case against televangelist Ezekiel Odero in Mombasa, Kenya - Thursday 4 May 2023IMAGE SOURCE,SIMON MAINA/GETTY IMAGES
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Still in Kenya, women pray for televangelist Ezekiel Odero as he appears in court in the coastal city of Mombasa on Thursday. He has been detained, along with another pastor, on suspicion of murder following the discovery of scores of bodies in a remote forest. He denies the charges.
Egyptian temple guard Abd El-Sayed holds the Key of the temple to lock it after the end of the visit to the temple ruins from the 3200-year-old Abu Simbel temple, at the upper reaches of the River Nile in Aswan, Egypt - Monday 1 May 2023IMAGE SOURCE,MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS
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On Monday, Egyptian guard Abd El-Sayed gets ready to lock the 3,200-year-old Abu Simbel temple on the upper reaches of the River Nile in Aswan.
A young boy harvests wheat in Sharkia, Egypt - Friday 28 April 2023IMAGE SOURCE,MAHMOUD ELKHWAS/GETTY IMAGES
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On Friday in northern Egypt’s Sharkia governorate, a young boy happily carries a stack of wheat…
A group of farmers gathered to harvest wheat in Sharkia, Egypt - Friday 28 April 2023IMAGE SOURCE,MAHMOUD ELKHWAS/GETTY IMAGES
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While these women and children are transported in a van following a harvest that has seen Egypt increase wheat production to compensate for shortages caused by the war in Ukraine.
A motorcycle rider carries fish along a flooded street in Mogadishu, Somalia - Friday 28 April 2023IMAGE SOURCE,FEISAL OMAR/REUTERS
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In Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday, this man carries fish on his motorbike as he rides along a flooded street.
Ivorian singer KS Bloom performs at the 15th Festival of Urban Music of Anoumabo in Abidjan - Sunday 30 April 2023IMAGE SOURCE,ISSOUF SANOGO/GETTY IMAGES
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In Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan, popular gospel singer KS Bloom performs during a music festival on Sunday…
Spectators cheer as they attend the 15th Festival of Urban Music of Anoumabo in Abidjan - Sunday 30 April 2023IMAGE SOURCE,ISSOUF SANOGO/GETTY IMAGES
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Fans are in a frenzy as they see their favourite musicians on stage.
People wearing clothing from Roman Empire period perform within the "Rome Days" Festival at the Amphitheatre of El Djem in Mahdia Governorate south of Tunis, Tunisia - Sunday 30 April 2023IMAGE SOURCE,YASSINE GAIDI/GETTY IMAGES
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At an amphitheatre in the Tunisian city of El Jem, a performance of a different takes place on Sunday – the re-enactment of life from the era of the Roman Empire.
A "Senegalese Sniper" in Dakar, Senegal - Saturday 29 April 2023IMAGE SOURCE,PRESIDENCY OF SENEGAL/GETTY IMAGES
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A man known as a “Senegalese Sniper” attends a meeting with President Macky Sall on Sunday. He is among nine men who fought for France between the 1940s and 1960s in Algeria and Vietnam…
Senegalese President Macky Sall meets with "Senegalese Snipers" after they returned to their country in Dakar, Senegal on April 29, 2023IMAGE SOURCE,PRESIDENCY OF SENEGAL/GETTY IMAGES
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Aged between 85 and 96, they were forced to live in France to receive an old-age pension, but have now returned home.

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