A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
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As Tunisians brace for a heatwave, a group of boys leap into the sea in Tunis on Tuesday.
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Days earlier in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, children choose balloons at Magic Land…
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The theme park opened almost two decades ago.
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Contestants get ready backstage before the Mr and Miss Africa Albinism pageant in Zimbabwe on Saturday.
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Ons Jabeur of Tunisia keeps her eyes squarely on the ball during the first day of the Wimbledon tennis championships, in the UK on Monday.
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Juicy watermelons fill this vendor’s stall in Nakuru, Kenya, on Wednesday. Food prices keep rising as the country grapples with a cost-of-living crisis.
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The next day in the same city, fighters face off in the African Warrior Dambe World Series.
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On Sunday, Nigerian singer-songwriter Rema and his entourage arrive at the Jacquemus show at Paris Fashion Week in France.
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The day before in Lagos, Nigeria, people enjoy a Pride month club night called Be. Organisers say their goal is for clubbers to “merge soul and body with rhythm and just be”.
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Celebrated South African singer Thandiswa Mazwai performs on stage at Johannesburg’s Lyric Theatre on Sunday.
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And the following day, surfers from around the world compete in the Ballito Pro on South Africa’s eastern coast off KwaZulu-Natal.
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