From Olympic braids to sunsets: Africa's top shots
BBC
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
Models at the Namuwongo Reclaimed Shebang Fashion Show in Uganda wear clothes made from recycled rubbish in Kampala on Saturday. [KHABIR DHANJI/AFP]
On Friday, a fisherman sets to work in the Banc d'Arguin National Park in northern Mauritania. [MICHELE CATTANI/AFP]
People swim in the sea as the sun sets over the Libyan coastal town of Qarabuli on Saturday. [MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP]
On Thursday, fans watch Mali take on Israel in football at the Paris Olympics... [MUSTAFA YALCIN/GETTY IMAGES]
In a match that ended in a 1-1 draw. [FRANCK FIFE/AFP]
Also in Paris, Togolese rower Akoko Komlanvi, pictured on Wednesday, flies the flag in her own way with matching braids and nails in Togo's national colours. [ALEX DAVIDSON/GETTY IMAGES]
South African opera singers Brittany Smith and Lukhanyo Moya rehearse in Johannesburg on Tuesday. [MARCO LONGARI/AFP]
On the same day, Ghana's Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is hosted by the UK's King Charles at Sandringham Estate. [JOE GIDDENS/AFP]
Kenyan journalists chant "police don't respect media rights" at a rally on Wednesday following attacks on reporters covering anti-government protests in the country. [TONY KARUMBA/AFP]
Hundreds of people have been killed after a landslide struck their village in Ethiopia's remote Gofa zone. Meselech Gosaye tells the BBC on Thursday that her husband and one of her sons died trying to rescue other people. [AMENSISA IFA/BBC]
South Sudan's basketballers almost beat Team USA in a barnstorming performance on Saturday. But the Americans pipped them 101-100 thanks to a matching-winning shot in the final eight seconds. [JOE MURPHY/GETTY IMAGES]
Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam rides inside the barrel of a wave in Tahiti on Wednesday. [SEAN M HAFFEY/GETTY IMAGES]
And a schoolgirl walks in the rain in Uganda's capital, Kampala, on Wednesday. [CEM GENCO/GETTY IMAGES]
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