A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
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On Wednesday, women harvest seaweed on the shores of Zanzibar.
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These boys watch a biking contest in South Africa’s Alabama township on Saturday…
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Beninese great Angelique Kidjo is joined on stage by Brazilian singer Flavia Coelho at a concert in southern France on Sunday.
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Strong winds help spread forest fires in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday.
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Fans of top Egyptian football club Al-Ahly put on a brave face as their side lose 2-0 to Palmeiras of Brazil, in the Fifa Club World Cup on Thursday. Bad weather stopped play for 40 minutes at one point.
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In Lagos on Friday, Richard Muzaan of Nigeria triumphs over Burkina Faso’s Israël Mano to take the MMC lightweight title at the African Knockout Championship.
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Moroccan writer and artist Tahar Ben Jelloun admires his paintings at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat on Tuesday.
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Gideon Appah, a Ghanaian painter based in Accra, poses alongside his pieces on display at a gallery in France on Monday.
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In Kenya on Friday, security forces look on at the ceremonial burning of some of the 7,000 illegal firearms regional forces say they have seized from criminals.
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The Catholic Church’s new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, holds an audience with Madagascar’s bishop in the Vatican on Monday.
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Chinese tourists visit what is billed as a life-size replica of Morocco’s famously colourful city of Chefchaouen. It has been recreated in an outdoor park in northern China.
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And on Friday, street vendors cater to passers-by in Togo’s capital, Lomé.
