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Africa’s week in pictures: 13


A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:

Mohamed Hossam/EPA

Muslims across the continent celebrate the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, starting in Egypt on Friday…

Jihed Abidellaoui/Reuters

While Tunisians honour the occasion on Sunday with drums and dance in the streets of the capital Tunis…

John Wessels/AFP

On the same day, in Senegal, young Muslims gather at the Seydina Limamou Laye Mausoleum in the capital, Dakar…

John Wessels/AFP

One young girl wanders off to enjoy the sunrise.

Ahmed Kingimi/Reuters

Tuesday sees a boy push his bike through deep waters following severe flooding in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Badru Katumba/AFP

Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who was murdered by her ex-partner, is laid to rest on Saturday with full military honours at her father’s homestead in eastern Uganda…

Badru Katumba/AFP

The Ugandan military pay their respects with a gun salute…

Badru Katumba/AFP

Her youngest daughter cries as she holds a picture of her mother close to her heart.

Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

People relax on a private beach at the mouth of the Suez Canal in Egypt.

Prince Samura/EPA

Rescuers attempt to dig for survivors after a building collapse killed at least eight people in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown on Monday.

Mohamed Messara/EPA

In Tunisia, it’s time for the grape harvest on Tuesday.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

Getty Images/BBC

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