Fire breathers and snowmen: Africa's week in pictures
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent:
A fire breather wows people at an arts festival on Monday in the Oworonshoki district of Nigeria's commercial hub, Lagos.
A bride and groom get ready for their wedding in the High Atlas Mountains as Morocco's Amazigh people celebrate "engagement season" on Saturday.
Tunisians turn out in large numbers in the capital, Tunis, on Sunday to protest against a proposed amendment to the electoral law that aims to end the administrative court's ability to rule on election disputes.
A day earlier in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, demonstrators turn out to vent their anger over illegal mining.
Men use any vantage point on Wednesday to watch a fiercely fought local football match between two teams from Toubab Dialaw, near Senegal's capital, Dakar.
It's eyes down on Sunday for the first day of Egypt's academic year at Orman school in the capital, Cairo...
...on the same day schools open in Algeria with a clown trying his best to put pupils at their ease in a classroom in the capital, Algiers.
An Isicathamiya group, which sings in the traditional Zulu acapella style, takes part in Saturday's annual festival that celebrates the music in South Africa's coastal city of Durban.
A drummer plays along at an impromptu church service on the streets of Kamituga, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday.
Friday sees people across the continent take part in World Cleanup Day, including in the Kenyan city of Nakuru, where volunteers are helping rid the streets of rubbish.
A military band leader stands out among the camouflaged soldiers as Mozambique marks Wednesday's armed forces day.
At a memorial service on Thursday, parents and relatives mourn the 21 students who died in a fire at a boarding school in central Kenya earlier this month.
Heavy snowfall in South Africa's Free State province causes disruption and excitement on Saturday with some taking advantage of the weather to build a rare snowman.
A drone above Lagos's Obalende bus terminus captures the scene as the vehicles wait for the passengers to board on Tuesday.
From the BBC in Africa this week:
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