Africa's week in pictures: 3-9 November 2023
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A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

On Wednesday in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, Angola's King Tchongolola Tchongonga Ekuiki VI visits people who trace their ancestry back to Angola.
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Equatorial Guinea's Diana-Lita Hinestrosa Eraul blows kisses on Monday ahead of the Miss Universe contest in El Salvador.
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Supporters line the streets of Cape Town as the Springboks continue their victory tour of South Africa on Friday.
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James Githae, who leads Nakuru county's litter-picking group, sets to work in Kenya on Wednesday.
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On Saturday, King Amon Paul Désiré Tanow of the N'Zima Kotoko watches a cultural festival in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast.
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On the same day, Morocco's capital city Rabat hosts the World Flamenco Congress.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's Marc Diakiese squares up to his UFC opponent in Brazil on Saturday, in a match he went on to win.
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On the same day, security officers fire tear gas at protestors trying to reach an opposition rally in Madagascar's capital city.
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With weeks to go before a presidential election, some rival candidates and their supporters have been injured and arrested in the protests.
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The next day Hellen Obiri of Kenya celebrates winning the women's New York City Marathon, posing proudly with her daughter.
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Golfer Benjamin Follett-Smith of Zimbabwe looks on from the bunker at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in Spain on Friday.
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Ethiopian Orthodox Christians walk down the street in Addis Ababa on the same day.
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People gather for the Festival of Abissa in Ivory Coast on Saturday.
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On Tuesday, workers pack sacks full of salt at Bardawel Lake in Egypt's North Sinai province.
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Soldiers present for inspection during Armed Forces Day in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday.
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Supporters of Ghana's governing party, the NPP, sing and dance ahead of a ceremony formally announcing Mahamudu Bawumia as its next presidential candidate.
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Heavy rain and flooding slow traffic down in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday.
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A man who has migrated through Spain's Canary Islands from sub-Saharan Africa smiles out of a hotel window on Thursday.
Image source, NIC BOTHMA/REUTERS
And on the same day, sailors in leg two of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race reach their journey's end in Cape Town.
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