A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week:
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A contestant has her make-up applied backstage at Miss World South Sudan in Juba on Sunday.
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On the same day in neighbouring Sudan, activist Eythar Gubara is pictured in front of a mural of killed protester Mohamed Mattar, whose death sparked the #BlueforSudan awareness campaign on social media.
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Portraits of late Nigerian musician Fatai Rolling Dollar (centre) and festival dancers adorn pillars under Lagos’s Obalende bridge, seen on Monday.
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Also on Monday, Nigerian singer-songwriter Keziah Jones performs on stage at the Blue Balls Festival in Switzerland.
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On Friday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, a woman carries handcrafted chairs to be sold.
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South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmarker competes in the World Swimming Championships on Monday.
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As temperatures in Egypt reach higher than 40C, this boy in Cairo cools off in a portable swimming pool on Wednesday.
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Malawi and Uganda compete at the Netball World Cup match in England on Friday. Malawi went on to place sixth overall in the tournament won by New Zealand.
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On the same day, Senegal fans were in high spirits as their team took on Algeria at the African Cup of Nations in Egypt…
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But Algeria won the match 1-0, sparking celebrations at home in north Africa and here in the French city of Bordeaux too.
Pictures from Reuters, EPA, Getty Images, PA, Nur Photo and AFP
Africa’s week in pictures: 19-25 July 2019