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Africa’s week in pictures: 9-15 June 2023

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

A man performs at the International Circus and Street Art Festival in Tunis, Tunisia - Monday 12 June 2023Yassine Gaidi/Getty Images

Members of the Paparouni Circus of Tunisia perform the International Circus and Street Arts Festival in Tunis, Tunisia - Sunday 11 June 2023

Mohamed Messara/EPA

Burna Boy performs prior to the Champions League Final at Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul Turkey - Saturday 10 June 2023

Giuseppe Maffia/Getty Images

Al Ahly fans celebrate with fire flames in Cairo's Mokattam district, Egypt - Sunday 11 June 2023

Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Welay Hagos Berhe from Ethiopia of Team Jayco Alula in action during the first stage of the 86th Tour de Suisse UCI ProTour cycling race, Einsiedeln, Switzerland - Sunday 11 Jun 2023

Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA

Cyclist Biniam Girmay of Eritrea and Team Intermarché-Circus-Wanty reacts after winning stage two of the 86th Tour de Suisse 2023, Nottwil, Switzerland - Monday 12 June 2023

Dario Belingheri/Getty Images

Athletes compete during a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament in Nairobi, Kenya - Saturday 11 June 2023

Patrick Meinhardt/AFP

Tasha, 17, throws a basketball at the Luol Deng Basketball Academy in Juba, South Sudan - Monday 12 June 2023

Guy Peterson/AFP

A group of Maasai women sing traditional songs during a Maasai cultural festival in Sekenani village, Kenya - Saturday 10 June 2023

Luis Tato/AFP

Members of the Maasai community in their traditional attire perform at the inaugural Maasai Cultural Festival at the Sekenani village, Kenya - Saturday 10 June 2023

Daniel Irungu/EPA

Members of the Maasai community paint their legs for the inaugural Maasai Cultural Festival at the Sekenani village, Kenya - Saturday 10 June 2023

Daniel Irungu/EPA

A woman poses on the site of her house that was swept away in floods in Bushushu village, DR Congo - Friday 9 June 2023

Alexis Huguet/AFP

Penda Fall, a teenager with albinism, helps her family with chores in Dakar, Senegal - Tuesday 13 June 2023

Annika Hammerschlag/Getty Images

Men count money as people purchase animals ahead of Eid al-Adha at a market in Embama district, Giza, Egypt - Thursday 15 June 2023

Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Gold miners work at an illegal mining operation in Abomosu, Ghana - Wednesday 14 June 2023

Christian Thompson/EPA

A miner carries a bag with ore as he comes out of a mine shaft in Shamva, Zimbabwe - Friday 9 June 2023

Aaron Ufumeli/EPA

Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o (L) and Kenyan director Saheem Ali (R) arrive for the 76th Tony Awards in New York, the US - Sunday 11 June 2023

Angela Weiss/AFP

A custom-made mannequin is seen at mannequin workshop in Surulere district of Lagos, Nigeria - Monday 12 June 2023

Akintunde Akinleye/EPA

Motunrayo Aderupoko working on a mannequin at a workshop in Surulere district of Lagos, Nigeria - Monday 12 June 2023

Akintunde Akinleye/EPA

Nomzamo Mbatha at the premiere of Shaka Ilembe at Monte Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa - Tuesday 13 June 2023

Oupa Bopape/Getty Images

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