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Africa's week in pictures: 10-16 September 2021

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

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Reuters People are seen playing football through the goalposts. The sun appears large and hazy in the sky.Reuters
Friends play an evening game of football on Thursday in Soweto, South Africa.
AFP A woman stands next to an artwork in a gallery. The light is green.AFP
On the same day, Congolese-born artist Sandra Mujinga presents her work entitled Reworlding Remains during Berlin Art Week in Germany.
AFP Lupita Nyong'o poses on the red carpet.AFP
Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o arrives at the Met Gala in New York on Monday evening...
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Getty Images Iman poses on the red carpet next to the designer of her outfit, Harris Reed.Getty Images
Somali-born model and entrepreneur Iman, wearing a striking gold design, also attended the event...
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AFP Whitney Peak poses on the red carpet.AFP
As did rising Ugandan-Canadian actress Whitney Peak, who stars in TV series Gossip Girl.
Getty Images Women walk down a runway.Getty Images
Also in New York, Sierra Leone's ambassador to the UN Victoria Sulimani joins models on the runway at the Rise Survivors' Fashion show. The event is designed to turn the question of "What were you wearing?", often posed to victims of sexual violence, on its head.
AFP Franco-Ivorian singer Vegedream (R) performs with one of his fans on stage at the Festival of Urban Music of Anoumabo (Femua) in Abidjan on September 11, 2021.AFP
A lucky fan is serenaded on stage by Vegedream at the Festival of Urban Music of Anoumabo (Femua) in Ivory Coast on Saturday...
AFP Franco-Ivorian singer Vegedream interacts with fans as he performs at the festival.AFP
The singer was one of a number of big names at the five-day festival...
AFP Koffi Olomide performs on stage at the festival with dancers and back-up musicians on 12 September.AFP
Congolese star Koffi Olomide also took to the stage...
AFP Daphne performs on stage at the festival with dancers and back-up musicians on 11 September.AFP
As did Cameroonian singer Daphne.
AFP A politician signs in at the Peoples Palace ahead of the first session of talks.AFP
More than a week after he was ousted in a coup, a portrait of Guinea's President Alpha Condé still hangs by the entrance to the People's Palace where the military junta hosts politicians and civil groups for talks on Monday...
AFP A man walks past a billboard showing junta leader Col Mamady Doumbouya on 11 September.AFP
Also in the capital city, Conakry, this poster of junta leader Col Mamady Doumbouya looms large over the streets.
AFP South Sudanese refugees try to repair their home in flooded waters from the White Nile at a refugee camp which was inundated after heavy rain near in al-Qanaa in southern Sudan, on 14 September.AFP
About 50 villages have been submerged by floods in southern Sudan, which the UN says have left 65,000 homeless, including refugees from neighbouring South Sudan.
AFP Tunisians form a human chain along the beaches in the southern suburbs near Tunis.AFP
On Sunday, Tunisians form a human chain during a protest against rising sea pollution in the suburbs of the capital city, Tunis.
AFP An Amhara militia member poses for a photograph near the village of Chenna, 95km north-east of the city of Gondar.AFP
In Ethiopia on Tuesday, a fighter with an ethnic Amhara militia poses for a photograph.
Reuters A man holds candles as he and others pray.Reuters
The day before in Addis Ababa, people take part in a prayer session to end the war in the Tigray region, ahead of Ethiopia's New Year celebrations...
Getty Images People buy Tej to drink at a market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Getty Images
People drink Tej at a market in Addis Ababa. The drink is traditionally enjoyed around Ethiopia's New Year and consists of three main ingredients - honey, water and a medicinal shrub called Gesho.
AFP Women sit next to goats inside a car during a livestock market in the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland.AFP
A curious goat looks out of a car in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, on Wednesday...
AFP A man writes a number on a camel at a livestock market.AFP
At the same livestock market are this man and his camels.
EPA A farm worker climbs a palm tree to pick dates at Miit Rahina, south Giza governorate.EPA
A man scales trees for dates in Egypt's south Giza governorate the day before.
AFP A visitor looks at statues of the Royal Treasures of the Abomey Kingdom at a museum in Paris, France, on Friday.AFP
These artefacts in a museum in Paris, known as the Royal Treasures of the Abomey Kingdom, are among 26 to be returned to Benin later this year.
AFP A man walks down large steps.AFP
On Tuesday, a man walks out of a newly restored cemetery that dates back to the 27th Century BC...
AFP A man points at the hieroglyphs.AFP
It is the resting place of Pharaoh Djoser, whose name is written in hieroglyphics here.
AFP A shot of trees and foliage in Oban Biosphere Reserve, in Calabar, Nigeria.AFP
And this shot on Sunday shows Nigeria's biggest tropical forest - the Oban Biosphere Reserve in Calabar - which is home to elephants and gorillas among other species.

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