Africa’s week in pictures

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

On Saturday Burundian traditional warriors and dancers celebrate Imbonerakure Day. The Imbonerakure are the youth wing of the ruling party.

Also on Saturday, over in Niger a military supporter holds the national flags of Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Niger and Russia.

Children in the Sudanese village of al-Jaberab help harvest onions on Wednesday.

Egypt’s Hannah Dabees performs in the Women’s Free Skating of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Thailand on Friday.

Meanwhile, fans watch a football game back home in Egypt on the same day.

On Wednesday, a Sudanese fighter watches over a military convoy accompanying the governor in Darfur.

Dancers perform at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games in Madagascar on Friday.

Gabonese men celebrate the military takeover in the capital, Libreville, on Wednesday.

Uganda’s Victor Kiplangat is all smiles after winning gold in the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday.

And Wyclife Oluoch poses with sculptures from a project called Sufuria Moto by photographer Donwilson Odhiambo and artist James Dundi in Kenya on Saturday.