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Africa's week in pictures: 28 May - 3 June 2021

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent:

EPA Children and young people smile, laugh and look around as they take part in a fashion show.EPA
Homeless boys and girls take part in a community fashion parade in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday...
EPA Children and young people smile, laugh and look around as they take part in a fashion show.EPA
It is among the free arts classes run by Abolore Sobayo (pictured in white top) and his foundation of the same name.
EPA Performers dressed in leotards and high heels flex their legs and pose on stage.EPA
Drag artists Belle Army and Stella Rose take to the stage in Pretoria, South Africa, on Friday.
Reuters A puppeteer holds his dolls.Reuters
The next day in Egypt's capital city, Cairo, Mohamed Fawzy Bakkar poses in his studio...
Reuters A jumble of handmade puppets of different complexions and facial features, at various stages of completion.Reuters
Each puppet takes him about two weeks to complete and he models them on real Egyptians from across the country.
EPA/Nasa A composite handout image shows colourful swirls in the galaxy.EPA/Nasa
On Friday, data from South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope helped to create this image, which shows the energy from superheated gas and magnetic fields at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.
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EPA A man carrying a basket on his back picks tea leaves.EPA
Tea pickers gather the crop in Nyeri, central Kenya, on Monday. Exports have risen 4% since last year according to government figures, despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic.
AFP Men pose on top of motorbikes as they celebrate.AFP
Supporters of Mali's military take to the main square in the capital, Bamako, on Friday to celebrate the army's second coup in nine months, which ousted the interim civilian leaders.
Reuters A man standing in an elevated position flies the Ethiopian national flag.Reuters
On Sunday, pro-government protesters rallied in the Ethiopian capital against sanctions imposed by the US. Mass atrocities have been reported in the northern Tigray region, where thousands of people have been killed and at least two million others forced from their homes.
AFP A woman sitting close to the beach clutches a rose.AFP
On the same day in Durban, South Africa, volunteers hand out roses to passers-by to raise money for the Circle of Care Association in aid of Palestinians.
EPA Antique figures on display behind glass.EPA
Antique figures from Libya that were seized by French customs officers are seen in this shot from Paris' Louvre Museum on Friday.
Reuters People look at a large gilded sarcophagus.Reuters
And masked visitors take in the sights at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo the next day.

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