A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
A reveller sees the bright side of life at the Cape Town Pride celebration in South Africa on Saturday. [Esa Alexander / Reuters]
Four-year-old Maëlis Kouakou dresses up for Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. [Luc Gnago / Reuters]
The children’s parade gets going at the Luanda Carnival in Angola on Saturday… [Marco Longari / AFP]
The theme for this year’s carnival is 50 years of Angolan independence. [Julio Pacheco Ntela / AFP]
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On Tuesday, people of African descent get ready for the Carnival of Coyolillo in Mexico. Their dances are described as being similar to others found in Mozambique, Mali and Zambia. [Hector Quintanar / Getty Images]
On the same day in Ibadan, Nigeria, art historian and designer Olushola Olajobi shows some of his pieces made from waste products. [Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA]
The next day in Lagos, fashion designer Florentina Agu displays some of her creations. [Olympia de Maismont / AFP]
Days earlier in the same city, Omobolaji Oyeleye, who runs a private security company, stands at the gates at one of her work sites in the upmarket Ikoyi suburb. [Olympia de Maismont / AFP]
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On Monday, motorcycle taxi drivers in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, protest against the new ban on all motorcycle transport in the city. [Abdul Bah Jalanzo / EPA]
Namibians pay their respects to the country’s first president, Sam Nujoma, before his burial on Saturday. [Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters]
On the same day, a well-wisher draped in the Congolese flag prays for the health of Pope Francis in the Italian capital, Rome. [Tiziana Fabi / AFP]
In Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Catholic worshippers mark Ash Wednesday. [Simon Maina / AFP]
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A woman joins evening prayers in South Africa’s Gauteng province on Sunday, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. [Robert Ciuccio / AFP]
That evening after sundown at Senegal’s famous Massalikoul Djinane mosque, Muslims break their fast at the first iftar dinner of Ramadan. [Cem Ozdel / Getty Images]
At sunrise on Thursday, canoeists glide across the Emmarentia Dam in Johannesburg, South Africa. [Kim Ludbrook / EPA]
And at The Gambia’s Bijilo Forest Park on Wednesday, a curious red colobus monkey peers at the camera. [Cem Ozdel / Getty Images]
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From the BBC in Africa this week:
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