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Africa’s week in pictures: 11-17 August 2023

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

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A child practises acrobatics on a unicycle in Lagos, Nigeria - Monday 14 August 2023

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Children holding South African flags and rugby balls at OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa - Saturday 12 August 2023

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A masked woman with a flag at the Stof Skop race meeting at the Randfontein Raceway, Johannesburg, South Africa -Saturday 12 August 2023

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Natasha Joubert (L) and Ndavi Nokeri (R) at the 2023 Miss South Africa Final at SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa - Sunday 13 August 2023

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A woman dancing at the opening ceremony of the Giants of Africa Festival in Kigali, Rwanda - Sunday 13 August 2023

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A South Sudanese team taking part in the opening ceremony of the Giants of Africa Festival in Kigali, Rwanda - Sunday 13 August 2023

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South Sudan basketball player Wenyen Gabriel and two others in Melbourne, Australia - Thursday 17 August 2023

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Farmer workers at a rice paddy near Niamey, Niger - Wednesday 16 August 2023

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Female supporters fist pumping outside a French military base in Niamey, Niger - Friday 11 August 2023

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Coup supporters saluting outside a French military base in Niamey, Niger - Friday 11 August 2023

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Drivers rest next to parked lorries near the border town of Malanville, Benin - Wednesday 16 August 2023

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A tannery worker at his workshop in Kano, Nigeria - Sunday 13 August 2023

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A tannery worker near pots of red dye in Kano, Nigeria - Sunday 13 August 2023

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Nigerian cyclist Ese Ukpeseraye in a helmet in Glasgow, Scotland - Sunday 13 August 2023

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Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema appears in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town, South Africa - Tuesday 15 August 2023

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Young boys play on a pirogue in Fass Boye, Senegal - Thursday 17 August 2023

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Tennis player Mayar Sherif of Egypt serves at the Western and Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, the US - Wednesday 16 August 2023

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A member of Le Trio Joubran playing the oud at the Carthage International Festival, Tunis, Tunisia - Monday 14 August 2023

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