Africa’s week in pictures: 1-7 September

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

Military soldiers marching in Gabon, 4 SeptemberIMAGE SOURCE,AFP
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On Monday, soldiers parade in honour of General Brice Nguema during his inauguration as interim president in Gabon’s capital, Libreville.
A delegate from the indigenous Maasai community wearing ostrich feathers, 6 SeptemberIMAGE SOURCE,MONICAH MWANGI/REUTERS
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A maasai man arrives at the African Climate Summit on Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya…
Climate activists holding placards in Nairobi, 4 SeptemberIMAGE SOURCE,SULEIMAN MBATIAH/AFP
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At the same summit on Monday, climate activists march and urge delegates to take action to phase out fossil fuels…
The larvae of black soldier flies, 4 SeptemberIMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS
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These larvae of black soldier flies were also on display at the summit.
Female harvester in Tunisia, 5 SeptemberIMAGE SOURCE,MOHAMED MESSARA/EPA
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While a Tunisian farmer harvests organic green peppers on Tuesday.
The Lagos Blue Line rail in Lagos, Nigeria, 4 SeptemberIMAGE SOURCE,PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP
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The new Lagos Blue Line rail arrives at the Marina station on Monday, the first day of its commercial operations in Nigeria’s commercial hub.
Open graves in South Africa, 3 SeptemberIMAGE SOURCE,SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS
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Mourners wait near open graves ahead of a mass burial of victims of a deadly blaze on Sunday in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Lawyers at a hearing in Congo, 6 SeptemberIMAGE SOURCE,ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP
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Lawyers attend a hearing of six soldiers charged with crimes against humanity at a military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday.
Large crowd of people holding Zimbabwe flag, 4 SeptemberIMAGE SOURCE,TAFADZWA UFUMELI/GETTY IMAGES
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Large crowds attend the inauguration of Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday.
Women work making injera at Lemi Kura Injera Factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 September.IMAGE SOURCE,AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP
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Women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia make injera – traditional fermented flatbread on Friday.

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