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Africa’s week in pictures: 21-27 April 2023

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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:

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A composite of three images. The first is a woman wearing a hat and top, the second is a man wearing a shirt that has a face painted on it, the third is a woman in a yellow dress.

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A man on a horse. Both are adorned in bright colours.

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A woman dressed in white carries a matching white, lace parasol.

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Two youths wear mirroring face paint in turquoise and yellow.

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A man painted black crouches on the ground, with a black shield and another stick prop.

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A woman from a troupe from Trinidad and Tobago smiles and dances in a bright orange outfit.

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A man poses with artisanal goods in a kiosk in Yaounde, Cameroon.

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A Sudanese man waits at a bus stop in downtown Cairo to return to his family with food.

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Students disembark from a Kenya Air Force plane carrying 39 students evacuated from Southern Sudan, after it landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on 24 April 24.

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A young couple poses for a portrait on a motorbike in the desert.

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Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers in Abu Sir village on 21 April.

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Competitors take part in stage 3 of the 37th edition of the Marathon des Sables between Jebel El Otfal and Oued Tijekht in the Moroccan Sahara desert.

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