A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent:
JOHN WESSELS/AFPOn the eve of Mauritania’s presidential election, a man arrives at the Grand Mosque in Nouakchott for Friday prayers…
JOHN WESSELS/AFPDays later supporters of the incumbent president celebrate his re-election. The runner-up, an anti-slavery campaigner, alleges that the vote was stolen.
LEON NEAL/GETTY IMAGESOn Saturday, Ayra Starr becomes the first Afrobeats artist to perform on the Pyramid stage at the UK’s Glastonbury Festival…
OLI SCARFF/AFPFollowed the next day by fellow Nigerian star Burna Boy.
GILBERT FLORES/GETTY IMAGESAlso on Sunday, South African singer Tyla appears at the BET awards in the US and takes home two trophies – for best Best New Artist and Best International Act.
BORJA B HOJAS/GETTY IMAGESAngola’s Silvio de Sousa and Spain’s Willy Hernangomez vie for the ball during an Olympic basketball qualifier on Wednesday.
THOMAS SAMSON/AFPEritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay takes in the moment after winning the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday. He becomes the first black African competitor to win one of the 21 stages in this yearly feat of endurance.
ISSOUF SANOGO/AFPFishermen bring their catch to shore in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Saturday.
DYLAN BUELL/GETTY IMAGESThe next day, Nigerian golfer Georgia Oboh lines up her putt at the Dow Championship in the US.
BONIFACE MUTHONI/GETTY IMAGESProtests continue in Kenya on Tuesday even though an unpopular draft law to raise tax is dropped…
BONIFACE MUTHONI/GETTY IMAGESYoung people have been at the forefront of these demonstrations in cities and towns across the country.
FETHI BELAID/AFPAnd on Friday in the Tunisian town of Nabeul, a woman spreads couscous out to dry in the sun.
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