Africa's week in pictures: 26 April - 2 May 2024
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
Women stand side-by-side wearing the colours of Chad's national flag, as they wait to see the interim President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno at a campaign event on Friday.
Tunisia's ancient Roman Amphitheatre of El Djem is the setting for gladiator re-enactments on Sunday.
Reality TV star Yolanda Mukondi walks the red carpet at South Africa's Metro FM Music Awards on Saturday.
On Wednesday in London, Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o poses with Schnitzel the cat at a press day for her latest film.
A taxidermist prepares a cast for an antelope display at the HuntFX exhibition in South Africa on Friday.
Uganda cricket teammates Ritah Musamali and Stephanie Nampiina celebrate taking a wicket at Wednesday's ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.
French-Cameroonian football hero Kylian Mbappé is honoured with this mural in the Spanish capital Madrid.
A man checks out the latest RS Berkhane football shirts on Friday. They were confiscated from the Moroccan side's players at a continent-wide semi-final because they show a red map which annexes the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
On the same day, Kevin Murphy of Al Ahly Ly takes aim during a match against the City Oilers in the Basketball Africa League.
The next day is Palm Sunday for Orthodox Christians...
At this service in Cairo's famous Cave Church, priests douse holy water on Egyptian and Ethiopian worshippers...
Who wait below for the blessing.
US jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn performs for international jazz day in Morocco on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, stunned survivors look at the deadly chaos wrought by flooding in Kenya's Rift Valley. The El Nino effect is said to have played a role, as well as human-induced climate change. Close to 200 people are known to have died and an evacuation order has been given for large parts of the country.
And the day before, hopeful birds circle fishermen as they bring in their catch off Egypt's Mediterranean coast.
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