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Ballet dancers and yawning lions: Africa’s top shots

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Africa’s week in pictures: 19-25 April 2024

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

Mo Farah attends the launch of the digital library in Nairobi, Kenya - 21 April 2024.

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Members of Sencirk circus troupe from Senegal, founded by a former beggar, perform during the thirteenth edition of the Market for Abidjan Performing Arts (MASA) which is taking place from April 13 to April 20 at the Culture Palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast April 20, 2024.

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Members of the national ballet of Ivory Coast perform at the Culture Palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast - 20 April 2024

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A woman pulls a trolley with recyclable material past veld fires occurring as winter approaches, in Lenasia in the south of Johannesburg, South Africa - 22 April 2024

Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Motorists drive their vehicles through a sandstorm in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi - 22 April 2024

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A couple sits on Tourkovounia hill, as southerly winds carry waves of Saharan dust, in Athens - 23 April 2024

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A young boy and his dog cross the flooded Athi River in Joska, Kenya - 23 April 2024 i

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Kobra Yagoub-Sharaf with her daughter Eldin from Darfur pose for a portrait on the Chad Sudan border after having their documents processed on April 20, 2024 in Adre, Chad.

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Traditional leaders during the official presentation of Jane Naana-Agyemang as John Maham's running mate in Accra, Ghana - 24 April 2024

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A group of demonstrators on horses take part in a protest rally to demand the withdrawal of US troops from Niger, in Agadez, Niger, 21 April 2024. In March 2024, the ruling military junta revoked a military agreement with the US. Niger's decision to oust the US military out of the country follows France's withdrawal of its forces from Niger last year.

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A demonstrator holds a placard reading 'Long live Niger' during a protest rally to demand the withdrawal of US troops from Niger, in Agadez, Niger, 21 April 2024

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An African lion (Panthera Leo) yawns as a lioness lies on her back after mating in the Maasai Mara game reserve, near the Kenya-Tanzania border in Narok county, Kenya April 19, 2024.

Monicah Mwangi/Reuters

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