From Olympic braids to sunsets: the best photos of Africa
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A selection of the week’s best photos from the African continent and beyond:
Models at the Namuwongo Reclaimed Shebang Fashion Show in Uganda wear clothes made from recycled waste in Kampala on Saturday. (KHABIR DHANJI/AFP)
A fisherman goes to work in the Banc d’Arguin National Park in northern Mauritania on Friday. (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 will watch the Mali-Israel match at the Olympic Games in Paris… (MUSTAFA YALCIN/GETTY IMAGES)
In a match that ended in a 1-1 draw. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP)
In Paris, Togolese rower Akoko Komlanvi, pictured here on Wednesday, also 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 will be presented by Britain’s King Charles at Sandringham Estate. (JOE GIDDENS/AFP)
Kenyan journalists chant “police disrespect media rights” during a rally on Wednesday following attacks on reporters covering anti-government protests in the country. (TONY KARUMBA/AFP)
Hundreds of people have died after a landslide hit their village in Ethiopia’s remote Gofa zone. Meselech Gosaye told the BBC on Thursday that her husband and one of her sons died while trying to rescue other people. (AMENSISA IFA/BBC)
South Sudan’s basketball team nearly defeated Team USA in a stunning performance on Saturday. But the Americans defeated them 101-100 thanks to a winning shot in the final eight seconds. (JOE MURPHY/GETTY IMAGES)
Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam surfs in the barrel of a wave in Tahiti on Wednesday. (SEAN M HAFFEY/GETTY IMAGES)
And a schoolgirl walks through the rain in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, on Wednesday. (CEM GENCO/GETTY IMAGES)
