Paint, parades and power: Africa's top shots
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
It's time for football on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal, where these men play on sand near the beach.
Farm workers harvest apricots in northern Egypt on Sunday, which is not a day of rest in the Muslim-majority country.
Women take to the dancefloor on a night out in Nigeria's capital city...
This club in Abuja has various selfie booths for customers to enjoy.
Eleven-year-old Ghanaian spelling whizz Cyleane Equra Ama Quansah competes at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the US on Tuesday. The event attracts contestants aged between 8 and 14 from across the world.
City of Pantsula group members gear up ahead of the Hillbrow Street Parade on Saturday...
Dancers, musicians and residents come together for the event each year in the South African city of Johannesburg.
French-Algerian couple Karim Benzema and Lyna Khoudri set tongues wagging on Thursday with their first red carpet appearance together....
The footballer and actress were attending the Cannes Film Festival.
Mayar Sherif of Egypt eyes the ball in her tennis match against Russia's Liudmila Samsonova on Monday during the French Open in Paris.
On Sunday, women strolling the streets of Algeria's capital take in a mural praising local football team MC Alger.
Members of a South African Isicathamiya group sing their hearts out during a showcase in Durban on Saturday. Isicathamiya is a distinctive, a capella chorus style said to originate from migrant Zulu communities.
Rangers use trackers to check up on a herd of elephants on Friday in the vast Upemba National Park, in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Wildlife here is vulnerable to poachers and armed groups.
It's a slow Wednesday for this shopkeeper waiting for customers in Morocco's capital city, Rabat.
This large tuna is among the fish on sale at a market in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Friday.
Giant African land snails feed on mangos, lettuce and cucumber as they are shown off at the International Exhibition of Agriculture and Animals Resources in Ivory Coast on Sunday.
French-Cameroonian singer Yamê poses for the camera at a photocall in Paris on Tuesday.
Namibia hold its first Genocide Remembrance Day on Wednesday, as the country continues to push for reparations from Germany. The former colonial power admits it was to blame for the systematic murder of almost 80,000 Africans at the turn of the last century.
On Friday friends welcome Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire after her release by Tanzanian authorities. They have not commented on allegations that she was beaten and raped in their custody.
South African mother Kelly Smith reacts on Thursday as she is sentenced to life imprisonment for selling her six-year-old daughter. Joshlin Smith vanished in February 2024 and is yet to be found.
On Friday, a trio of Saluki dogs gambol on a beach in Tunisia.
From the BBC in Africa this week:
Tears and heartbreak over tragic story of South African girl sold by her mother
Remembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - a giant of African literature
Could Nigeria's careful ethnic balancing act be under threat?
Namibia marks colonial genocide for first time with memorial day
'Nowhere is safe' - Cameroonians trapped between separatists and soldiers
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