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Africa’s week in pictures: 8-14 December 2023

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

Kenyan students hold umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun during the celebrations of Kenya's 60th Independence Day, also known as Jamhuri Day, at the Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi, Kenya - Tuesday 12 December 2023

A model presents a creation during the main fashion show of the Africa Fashion Week, at the delight technical college in Nairobi, Kenya - Saturday 9 December 2023

Models backstage at a hotel in Dakar, Senegal - Saturday 9 December 2023

A model wear a shell ear jewellery and earbuds in Dakar, Senegal - Saturday 9 December 2023

A woman stains her finger with pink ink at a polling station on the last day of voting in Cairo, Egypt - Tuesday 12 December 2023

The sun seen behind lines of ambulances and lorries at Egypt's Rafah crossing waiting to enter the Gaza Strip - Monday 11 December 2023

A woman wearing a the keffiyeh and making a victory sign takes part in pro-Palestinian protest Rabat, Morocco - Sunday 10 December 2023

People with containers queuing for petrol in Yaoundé, Cameroon - Tuesday 12 December 2023

A man walking on a beach past the ruined walls of a hotel, with artwork, in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast - Wednesday 13 December 2023

A pro-junta holds up a sign that reads: "Down with traitors of the nation, long live the military council", Niamey, Niger - Saturday 9 December 2023

A dog lover fixes the cap of her dog, dressed in an Igbo chieftaincy outfit, at the annual Lagos Dog Carnival, in Lagos, Nigeria - Saturday 9 December 2023

Laughing girls in the Mavadzani shantytown in Mayotte, France - Friday 8 December 2023

A general view of a billboard of an anonymous masked face accompanied by the words "The New Force. Embrace The Change." - Accra, Ghana - Wednesday 13 December 2023

South Sudanese soldiers on an aeroplane in Goma, DR Congo - Friday 8 December 2023

Police reacting during clashes in Phillipi, Cape Town, South Africa - Tuesday 12 December 2023

Ballet dancers performing at Joburg Zoo, Johannesburg, South Africa - Friday 8 December 2023

Visitors look at the Christmas lights at the annual Festival of Lights at Joburg Zoo, Johannesburg, South Africa - Friday 8 December 2023

Waving swimming Santas in a marine park in Durban, South Africa - Thursday 14 December 2023

A vendor arranging Christmas trees, Harare, Zimbabwe - Tuesday 12 December 2023

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