A choice of the week’s finest photographs from throughout the African continent and past:
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A contestant warms up on stage on Sunday in preparation for a slap combating match in Kagiso township, west of South Africa’s important metropolis, Johannesburg…
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In the true combat, a penalty is awarded each time the individual being slapped flinches.
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Also on Sunday, a person in a dressing up and masks is surrounded by spectators at a pageant in Benin’s capital, Porto-Novo…
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Dozens of individuals carrying masks in several kinds parade by means of the streets in the course of the Porto-Novo Mask Festival.
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On Tuesday, a cat and her kittens are fed and petted by individuals residing in a slum in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
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The subsequent day, Egypt’s creative Olympic swimming staff wows spectators with daring aquatic tumbles and tosses – however the staff solely manages to get tenth spot on the Paris Games.
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The sound of Malawi’s army band fills the streets of the capital, Lilongwe, on Friday to mark the start of the election interval forward of elections subsequent 12 months.
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China’s armed forces make a visitor look at Ivory Coast’s sixty fourth independence parade on Wednesday within the resort city Grand-Bassam, 42km (26 miles) east of the principle metropolis, Abidjan.
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On Saturday night, Iraqi crooner Kadim al-Sahir performs on the International Festival of Carthage on the outskirts of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.
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Earlier on Saturday in Kibati city within the japanese Democratic Republic of Congo, wreaths are laid for seven victims of a bombing on 15 July…
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A mourner is overcome by emotion on the ceremony.
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On Monday, the International Pizza Festival takes place in Algeria’s capital, Algiers, the place 50 opponents vie for the highest three spots.
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The subsequent day, Algeria’s Olympic boxer Imane Khelif goes by means of to the gold medal combat after she defeats Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng.
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Back in her house village of Biban Mesbah, the Algerian welterweight’s followers have fun her victory.
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