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.

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

Image source, Legnan Koula/EPA
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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Image source, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
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Palestinians with foreign passports arrive at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Thursday, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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