From Olympic braids to sunsets: Africa's top shots
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
Models at the Namuwongo Reclaimed Shebang Fashion Show in Uganda wear clothes made from recycled rubbish in Kampala on Saturday.
On Friday, a fisherman sets to work in the Banc d'Arguin National Park in northern Mauritania.
People swim in the sea as the sun sets over the Libyan coastal town of Qarabuli on Saturday.
On Thursday, fans watch Mali take on Israel in football at the Paris Olympics...
In a match that ended in a 1-1 draw.
Also in Paris, Togolese rower Akoko Komlanvi, pictured on Wednesday, flies the flag in her own way with matching braids and nails in Togo's national colours.
South African opera singers Brittany Smith and Lukhanyo Moya rehearse in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
On the same day, Ghana's Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is hosted by the UK's King Charles at Sandringham Estate.
Kenyan journalists chant "police don't respect media rights" at a rally on Wednesday following attacks on reporters covering anti-government protests in the country.
Hundreds of people have been killed after a landslide struck their village in Ethiopia's remote Gofa zone. Meselech Gosaye tells the BBC on Thursday that her husband and one of her sons died trying to rescue other people.
South Sudan's basketballers almost beat Team USA in a barnstorming performance on Saturday. But the Americans pipped them 101-100 thanks to a matching-winning shot in the final eight seconds.
Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam rides inside the barrel of a wave in Tahiti on Wednesday.
And a schoolgirl walks in the rain in Uganda's capital, Kampala, on Wednesday.
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