Feathers, flags and foam: Africa's top shots
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
On Saturday in Kenya, members of the Rendille community come together...
The cultural festival was held in the town of Loglogo, in Marsabit province.
Egyptian entrepreneur Ibrahim Abougendy is reflected in a mirror made from recycled car tyres at his shop in Cairo on Friday.
A girl flies the flag for the Democratic Republic of Congo (R) at the Notting Hill Carnival in London, the UK, on Sunday.
Anime, manga and cosplay enthusiasts dress up as their favourite characters at this meet in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Sunday.
A proud Paralympian sports a prosthestic leg in the colours of Mauritius' national flag at the Games' opening ceremony in Paris on Wednesday.
On Friday, fashion model Phelix Owiny attends World Vitiligo Day celebrations held by the Royal Patches Foundation in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
In Libya, where summer temperatures can reach 50C, these men bathe two horses in the sea on Tuesday.
After enduring xenophobic abuse and dropping out of the Miss South Africa pageant, Chidimma Adetshina takes part in the Miss Universe Nigeria boot camp in Lagos on Saturday.
That same day, on the campaign trail in Ghana, supporters of the main opposition NDC party attend a manifesto launch.
Musicians from South Africa's armed forces, as well as leopard-skin clad dancers, perform at the International Military Music Festival in Moscow, Russia, on Friday.
On Saturday in the South African city of Pretoria, actress KB Motsilanyane (C) performs at the Soapie Awards.
On Tuesday, dozens of migrants from West Africa reach Spain's Canary Islands after surviving what is one of the world's most dangerous migration routes, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ugandan police arrest an environmental activist during a protest in Kampala against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project on Monday.
Residents make make-shift levees on Tuesday after floodwaters swept away homes in Messawi, near the city of Meroe in Sudan's Northern state...
This man is helped up a wall following floods in South Tokar, in Sudan's Red Sea state...
While these men nearby seek shelter from the blazing sun inside a cement pipe.
On Wednesday in South Africa, sea foam froths up during a cold front in Cape Town.
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