A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent:
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A fire breather wows people at an arts festival on Monday in the Oworonshoki district of Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos.
Jalal Morchidi / EPA
A bride and groom get ready for their wedding in the High Atlas Mountains as Morocco’s Amazigh people celebrate “engagement season” on Saturday.
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Tunisians turn out in large numbers in the capital, Tunis, on Sunday to protest against a proposed amendment to the electoral law that aims to end the administrative court’s ability to rule on election disputes.
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Men use any vantage point on Wednesday to watch a fiercely fought local football match between two teams from Toubab Dialaw, near Senegal’s capital, Dakar.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
It’s eyes down on Sunday for the first day of Egypt’s academic year at Orman school in the capital, Cairo…
Billel Bensalem / AFP
…on the same day schools open in Algeria with a clown trying his best to put pupils at their ease in a classroom in the capital, Algiers.
Rajesh Jantilal / AFP
An Isicathamiya group, which sings in the traditional Zulu acapella style, takes part in Saturday’s annual festival that celebrates the music in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban.
Glody Murhabazi / AFP
A drummer plays along at an impromptu church service on the streets of Kamituga, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday.
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Friday sees people across the continent take part in World Cleanup Day, including in the Kenyan city of Nakuru, where volunteers are helping rid the streets of rubbish.
Alfredo Zuniga / AFP
A military band leader stands out among the camouflaged soldiers as Mozambique marks Wednesday’s armed forces day.
Monicah Mwangi / Reuters
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Heavy snowfall in South Africa’s Free State province causes disruption and excitement on Saturday with some taking advantage of the weather to build a rare snowman.
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A drone above Lagos’s Obalende bus terminus captures the scene as the vehicles wait for the passengers to board on Tuesday.
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Francis Kokoroko / Reuters
Zohra Bensemra / Reuters
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
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Rajesh Jantilal / AFP
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Monicah Mwangi / Reuters
Wikus de Wet / AFP
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