Whirling dancers and beauty queens: 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, the highly anticipated Miss Universe Nigeria competition is in full swing as contestants get ready backstage...
The competition is fierce as participants put their best foot forward to win the crown...
In an emotional end to the pageant, Chidimma Adetshina, the South African beauty queen who faced xenophobic abuse wins the title
On Tuesday, a former circus animal, named Charley, roams around their new retirement home on a South African game reserve in Limpopo after years of performing.
The next day, children hold the flags of Chinese and African countries to welcome the continent's leaders at a banquet in the capital Beijing...
It was all part of the entertainment for those attending the China-Africa summit.
On Saturday, Namibia's Lahja Ishitile crumbles to the floor with her guide Sem Shimanda after winning the Women's 400m final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
A Ugandan police officer detains a woman on Monday taking part in a "naked protest" against corruption outside parliament in the capital, Kampala.
On the same day, members of a royal regiment in Eswatini - Africa's last absolute monarchy - are seen on the last day of a cultural festival at the Ludzidzini Royal Palace.
And on Wednesday on a street in Gadaref in Sudan, a Sufi man performs a traditional dance during a Muslim festival to mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammed.
From the BBC in Africa this week:
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