A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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Image caption,On Wednesday, Sufi Muslims in Cairo prepare to perform their famous "whirling" dance, where a series of turns is said to lift them to a spiritually heightened state.
Image source, Khaled Desouki/AFP
Image caption,Elsewhere in Egypt’s capital city, Muslims observing the holy month of Ramadan break their fast with an enormous "iftar" street party.
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Image caption,This joyful duo are captured enjoying iftar on Friday - this time in a Somali refugee camp.
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Image caption,Thousands of miles away at the prestigious Art Basel fair in Hong Kong, paintings by Nigerian artist Babajide Olatunji catch a visitor’s eye
Image source, Joel Saget/AFP
Image caption,Cameroonian singer-songwriter Irma Pany poses for a portrait of her own on Wednesday.
Image source, Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP
Image caption,While a different type of artists command attention on Saturday at the closing ceremony of the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana.
Image source, Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Image caption,Colourful characters are also snapped in Nairobi, Kenya, where city-dwellers celebrate the Hindu festival, Holi.
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Image caption,The East African nation also hosts a World Rally Championship on Wednesday, in the south-western town of Naivasha.
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Image caption,South Africa play an international friendly match Algeria on Tuesday - and mark one of three goals with a sleepy celebration.
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Image caption,Also motionless are these unlucky fish, who wind up in a Zimbabwean trader's net on Sunday.
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