A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.
A penguin shows attitude on Boulders Beach in Cape Town in South Africa.
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This man is at the Afrikaburn festival, which sees the construction of a temporary town in the Karoo, a semi-desert region in South Africa...
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Some 13,000 people attended the annual festival, including this man in a mask made out of bones...
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It is a festival of radical self-expression, where there is no money, mobile phone reception or commercial goods.
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This man is in a different mood, as he marches in Cape Town to demand a higher minimum wage than the proposed $1.60 (£1.15) per hour.
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Dressed in the colours of the national flag, Swazis perform at celebrations to mark 50 years of independence, and King Mswati IIIs 50th birthday...
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These young women, wearing cloths with the Swazi shield printed on them, also took part in the celebrations...
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King Mswati III cut a cake, while his special guest, Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen, was among those who looked on.
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These women place roses at a memorial site in Uganda to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.
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Meroitic pyramids are seen at the archaeological site Bajarawiya, a World Heritage site in Sudan...
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Artefacts have been found in King Khalmanis burial chamber in a pyramid. He ruled the Meroitic kingdom from 207 BC to 186 BC.
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Children draw a zebra with spray paint on a wall in a slum in Kenyas capital, Nairobi, as part of an initiative to promote human and animal rights.
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In Egypts Alexandria city, a craftsman smokes shisha next to a horse-drawn carriage which he is working on.
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In Tunisias Grombalia city, a woman bakes bread in a traditional mud oven.
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Ivorian dancer and singer Dobet "Valerie" Gnahore entertains a crowd at a music festival in the main city, Abidjan.
Pictures from AFP, Getty Images, Reuters and EPA
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