A selection of the best pictures of the week from all over the African continent and beyond:
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One of the depression sees the bright side of life at the Cape Town Pride celebration in South Africa on Saturday.
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Maëlis Kouakou, four -year -old Mardi Gra, or see on Tuesday, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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The children’s procession is displayed to the Luandal Carnival in Angola on Saturday …
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This year’s carnival is 50 years of Angolan independence.
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Tuesday,African origin is preparing for the Cavallow of Coiuo in Mexico. Their dances are described as similar to others in Mozambique, Mali and Zambia.
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On the same day in Istadan, Nigeria, art historian and designer Olushola Ollavopy show some pieces made of waste products.
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The next day in Lagos, fashion designer Florentina Ajo shows some of her creations.
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Days before the same city, Omobolaji Oyleye, which runs a private security company, stands on the gates at a work sites in the high -end IKOYI suburb.
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On Monday, taxi drivers in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, protested the new ban on all motorcycle transportation in the city.
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Namibian pays their respect for the country’s first president, Sam Nogoma, before his burial on Saturday.
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On the same day, he prays well in the Congolese science for the health of Pope Francis in the Italian capital, Rome.
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In the capital of Kenya, Nairobi, Catholic worshipers Mark on Wednesday.
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A woman joins the evening prayers in Gotting Province, South Africa, on Sunday, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.
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That evening after sunset at the Masalicol Jinan Mosque, famous in Senegal, Muslims break their fast at the first breakfast dinner in Ramadan.
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In Sunrise on Thursday, boats slide through the Emerenta Dam in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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At the Gambia Forest Park in Gambia on Wednesday, the strange red monkey Kulubus paired with the camera.
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