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Africa’s week in pictures: 13-19 October 2023

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

Models dance and sign during a break at the backstage of main show of the Kibera Fashion Week in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, on October 15, 2023. Kibera Fashion Week is a platform created from the community to redefine fashion and creativity while showcasing beauty and talent as a way to change the narrative about Nairobi's largest informal settlement.

A models walks the catwalk while showcasing a design at the main fashion show during the Kibera Fashion Week in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, on October 15, 2023. Kibera Fashion Week is a platform created from the community to redefine fashion and creativity while showcasing beauty and talent as a way to change the narrative about Nairobi's largest informal settlement.

Participants are exercising in the 15th edition of the Arise Walk for Life, tagged ''StepUp'', in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, on October 14, 2023. This annual exercise is promoting physical and mental wellbeing, highlighting preventive healthcare, and aiming to shift the narrative from curative measures to wellness.

A Nigerian balloon vendor displays his wares at the celebration of the wedding of 1800 couples at Kano Central Mosque, Kano State, Nigeria on October 13, 2023. The mass wedding is sponsored by the Kano State government in Nigeria to help widows and divorcees get remarried.

A bride dressed in red robe, looks on at the venue of a wedding reception at the Kano state governor's office after taking part in a mass wedding at the central mosque in Kano city, Kano State, Nigeria on October 14, 2023. The mass wedding is sponsored by the Kano State government in Nigeria to help widows and divorcees get remarried.

Supporters of the Mozambican opposition party Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) demonstrate in Maputo on October 17, 2023. Demonstrations continued across Mozambique on October 17, 2023 to denounce fraud in the municipal elections, with police using tear gas in the capital Maputo. While the country awaits final results, the ruling party has been declared winners in most towns where counting has concluded, which has been contested by Renamo.

South Africa's wing Kurt-Lee Arendse (L) dives past France's full-back Thomas Ramos to score a try during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, on October 15, 2023.

Ballet dancers Monike Cristina (front) and Revil Yon dance during the performance of PASOLINI 100 by choreographer Mario Gaglione at the Joburg Theater, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 October 2023. The ballet is dedicated to the late Italian poet and film maker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) and represents some of the pivotal points of his life.

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Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, US painter Vija Celmins and Burkinabe architect Diebedo Francis Kere take a selfie before a photocall for the 34th Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, Japan, 17 October 2023. The Praemium Imperiale is a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. Five laureates are nominated in the fields of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music and Theatre/Film. For its 34th edition, the Praemium Imperiale awards have been given to US painter Vija Celmins, Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, Burkinabe architect Diebedo Francis Kere, US musician Wynton Marsalis and US theater director Robert Wilson.

A view of The Simple Art of Rice's Liberian Jollof being prepared during the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One - Bacardi presents The Cookout: Hip Hop's 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring DJ CASSIDY, JJ Johnson, Rev Run, Ice-T, DJ MICK, Tamron Hall & Angela Yee at Pier 86 on October 15, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Schear/Getty Images for NYCWFF)

Gulewamkulu dancers of Malawi line up during a street cultural march at the beginning of the Chewa Heritage Foundation Cultural Day in Lilongwe, on October 14, 2023.

Ophthalmic laboratory technicians prepare frames and lenses for the following patients as one climbs off the wagon of the Phelophepa train, parked at the Dube train station in Soweto, on October 17, 2023. The Transnet-Phelophepa trains are free, mobile healthcare clinics that travel to areas of rural South Africa, where there is just one doctor for every 5,000 patients. Phelophepa, a Sotho and Venda word meaning 'good, clean health', is owned and operated by Transnet Foundation.

Swati maidens carry reeds while marching outside their camps ahead of the 2023 Umhlanga Reed Dance ceremony, at the Mbangweni Royal Residence on October 14, 2023.

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