Africa's week in pictures: 14-20 April 2023

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:

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Schoolchildren show off their gymnastic skills during Zimbabwe's independence day celebrations in Mount Darwin on Tuesday.
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Kenya's Hellen Obiri takes in the moment, after winning the Boston Marathon in the US on Saturday with a time of two hours, 21 minutes and 38 seconds.
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The next day in the Central American nation of Panama, people of African descent take part in the Congo dance at a festival.
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On Friday fishermen use horses and carts to transport their catch from Yoff beach in Dakar, Senegal.
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On Sunday in Johannesburg, South Africa, huge vats of food are prepared by a charity for handing out during Ramadan.
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Mercy Munene holds one of hundreds of rabbits she breeds on her farm on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Friday.
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On the same day this vendor at the Adjame market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, prepares a range of wigs for sale.
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On Saturday in the Egyptian city of Mallawi, Coptic Christians celebrate Sham el-Nassim - an ancient festival marking the arrival of Spring.
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Further north up the River Nile in Giza on Tuesday, festive lights adorn this street as Ramadan continues.
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As the power struggle between rival factions of Sudan's military leadership continues on Monday, satellite imagery shows a destroyed aircraft at Khartoum's international airport.
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On Saturday in Uganda - where draconian anti-LGBT legislation has outraged human rights campaigners - a trans man defiantly bares his tattoo which reads "Trans is beautiful".
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And on Tuesday after days of deadly flooding, people try to go about their business in the Angolan capital of Luanda.

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