Share on Facebook Follow on Facebook Add to Google+ Connect on Linked in Subscribe by Email Print This Post A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week. Image copyright AFP Image caption Clare Byarugaba, who was outed as a lesbian by a Ugandan newspaper against her will, competes at the 2018 Gay Games in Paris on Friday… Image copyright AFP Image caption … “I was so proud to wear the Uganda flag during the opening ceremony at this event. But now, I may face more problems when I will return home”, the LGBT activist says. Image copyright AFP Image caption On Saturday, dancers perform a folkloric finger dance from Thailand at the International Carthage Festival in Tunisia. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A Catholic nun from Zambia walks through the hundreds of shoes placed outside London’s Westminster Cathedral on Wednesday. The public art installation was in support of Pope Francis’ refugee campaign. Image copyright AFP Image caption On Sunday, Ghana’s Ruth Anima gives the boot to New Zealand defender Elizabeth Anton during the Women’s World Cup Under-20 in France. Image copyright AFP Image caption On Wednesday in South Africa, Lazarus Molatlhegi looks at a photo of his father, Thomas Molatlhegi, one of four Pan African Congress members to have been hanged in 1964 for killing a policeman. Their remains have been exhumed to allow the families to give them a proper burial. Image copyright AFP Image caption In Benin on Saturday, mourners gather at the funeral of Dah Dedjalagni Agoli-Agbo, who was descended from the rulers of the pre-colonial Dahomey Kingdom. Modern-day monarchs have no powers under Benin’s constitution but still wield political and economic influence. Image copyright AFP Image caption An election official in Mali demonstrates the correct way to vote on Sunday. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta beat rival Soumaïla Cissé in the second round presidential poll, which the opposition says was rigged. Image copyright AFP Image caption Campaigns are tiring work, something this supporter in yellow body paint seems to have realised at a political rally in Mali’s capital, Bamako, two days earlier. Image copyright AFP Image caption While on Wednesday, this boy joins hundreds of cattle traders in Egypt’s Ashmun market hoping to sell cows for customary sacrifices in the upcoming Eid celebrations. Pictures from AFP and Getty Images Africa’s week in pictures: 10-16 August 2018 Africa’s week in pictures: 10-16 August 2018 added by on August 17, 2018View all posts by →