Choosing the best photos of the week from the entire African continent and beyond:
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On Saturday, the Reveler sees the bright side of life at the celebration of Pride Cape Town in South Africa.
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The four -year -old Muëlis Kouakou dresses for Mardi Gras, or Tuesday, in Abidyan, the ivory coast.
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The children’s parade on Saturday goes to Luada Carnival in Angola …
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The theme of this year’s carnival is 50 years of Angolan independence.
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On Tuesday,People of African origin are preparing for Coyolillo Carnival in Mexico. Their dances are described as similar to others in Mozambique, Mali and Zambia.
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On the same day in Ibadan, Nigeria, art historian and designer Olushola, Olajobi shows some of his pieces made of waste products.
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The next day in Lagos, the Florentina AGU fashion designer shows some of her creations.
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For days earlier in the same city, Oyeleye envelope, which leads private security, stands at the door in one of his jobs in the suburbs of UPMARKET IKOYI.
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On Monday, drivers of taxi motorcycles in the Liberia capital, Monrovia, protested against a new prohibition of all motorcycle transports in the city.
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The Namibians pay tribute to the first president in the land of Nujom himself before the burial on Saturday.
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On the same day, the benefactors drawn in the Congenian flag pray for the health of Pope Francis in the Italian capital, Rome.
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In the capital of Kenya, Nairobi, Catholic worshipers mark ASH on Wednesday.
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The woman joins the evening prayers in the South African province of Gauteng on Sunday, the first day of the Holy Moon of Ramadan.
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That evening after the sunset in the famous Djinana mosque from Massaliculo in Senegal, Muslims quickly broke at the first iftar of Ramadan evening.
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At the sunrise on Thursday, the canoeists slid through the Emmarentia dam in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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And on Wednesday in the Gambia Forest Park, a curious monkey red colobus peeked on the camera.