Africa's week in pictures: 17-23 November 2023
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

Members of a musical group from Colombia perform during the opening of the 10th Visa for Music Festival in Rabat, Morocco on Wednesday.

Ivory Coast players celebrate after scoring a goal during the World Cup 2026 qualifying match on Friday against Seychelles at the Olympic Stadium of Ebimpe, in Abidjan.

A member of the Puntland Maritime Police Force stands guard while another prays during a stopover on their way to the Somali port city of Bosaso on Tuesday.

Pope Francis meets Mbengue Nyimbilo Crepin, a migrant from Cameroon, during a meeting with a delegation from the aid agency Mediterranea Saving Humans, in the Vatican City on Friday.

Supporters of the Unity Party and Liberia's President-elect Joseph Boakai celebrate on Monday after his win in Monrovia.

Palestinians with foreign passports arrive at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Thursday, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Supporters of DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi perform at the Martyrs stadium in Kinshasa on Sunday, during the launch of his re-election campaign.

Lawyers attend a graduation ceremony at the Supreme Court of Kenya, in Nairobi on Thursday.

Actors perform during a dance opera in Johannesburg on Sunday, celebrating the life of late gay South African anti-apartheid activist Simon Nkoli.

People wade through flood waters along a street following heavy rains in the Kisauni district of Mombasa, Kenya, on Friday.

A vendor sells pineapples at a roadside stall in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, which is in the midst of a cholera outbreak.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan walks during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martyrs Monument in Algiers, Algeria on Tuesday.
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