Pop stars and pop art: Africa's top shots
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
Angelo Djessan works on a mural at the Graff Ivoire graffiti festival in Ivory Coast on Monday.
On Tuesday in Mozambique, flower sellers cater to mourners near the funeral for Hilario Benjamain Dima - who was reportedly shot dead by police during protests against the disputed election result.
Boys play football by the ocean in the same city days earlier.
Seen here on Friday, the Cape waterlily has been reintroduced in South Africa after being extinct for over a century,
Tyla and her backing dancers perform on stage at the MTV European Music Awards in Manchester on Sunday. The singer-songwriter took home three gongs.
On Wednesday, stars flock to the Cairo International Film Festival in Egypt.
On the same day in Senegal, this visitor to the Dakar Biennale takes in a piece called Slices by Tunisian artist Slimen El Kamel...
This work by Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu is called A Palace in Pieces including Mountain Mama...
The yearly festival attracts art lovers from all over the world.
Supporters of Senegal's governing Pastef party join a rally in the Dakar suburb of Guediawaye ahead of snap parliamentary elections, called by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye after he dissolved parliament.
Botswana's new president, Duma Boko, is sworn in on Friday in the capital city Gaborone.
The next day in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, supporters of the governing party Kulmiye drape themselves in its colours.
On Saturday in Nigeria it's time for the Lagos Women Run 2024.
Uganda celebrate their win over South Africa at the Fast5 Netball World Series in New Zealand on the same day.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif gives an Italian TV presenter a playful jab in Rome on Monday.
The Libyan Heritage Festival takes place on Friday...
The event is happening south-west of Benghazi, and organisers hope it will become a yearly occurrence.
Orphaned rhino calves David and Jonathan tuck into some milk on Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa.
On Monday in Senegal, devotees of the Baye Fall Islamic brotherhood commemorate the return from exile of their founder, the late Amadou Bamba.
The Algiers International Book Fair is in full swing on Friday. One notable absence is the Prix Goncourt-winning novel Houris, by Algerian writer Kamel Daoud. The book has been banned in the country and his French publishers Gallimard were excluded from the book fair.
Adam Moeketse stands next to his home made of corrugated iron, which was destroyed in severe storms on Monday in Thaba Nchu, South Africa.
On Wednesday black olives are picked in Tunisia - where this year's yield is expected to be 55% bigger than last year's.
And days earlier in Yemen, Ethiopian farm workers harvest wheat.
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