Africa's week in pictures: 12-18 July 2019

A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week:

On Saturday in Egypt, dust is brushed off a recently discovered sarcophagus about 40km (25 miles) from the capital, Cairo.

Seen on the same day, this surfer takes to the waves at the Corona Open J-Bay event in South Africa.

Synchronised swimmers representing Egypt keep time at the World Swimming Championships in South Korea on Wednesday.

On the same day at the Africa Cup of Nations, the football momentarily obscures the face of Tunisia's Anice Badri to comic effect.

In Sierra Leone, three school friends walking through the rain share an umbrella as they head home on Friday.

A musical comedy, called Moulouk el-Tawaef, is performed at Tunisia's annual International Festival of Carthage on Monday.

French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura took to the stage on Friday at the Francofolies Music Festival in south-western France.

On Saturday, protesters took to the streets again in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, where the ruling military council and opposition leaders signed a power-sharing accord days later.

The next, swifts are seen flying over London's rooftops at sunset as their yearly migration back to the African continent begins.

Pictures from Reuters, Getty Images and AFP