A collection of the week’s finest images from throughout the African continent and past:
A reveller sees the brilliant facet of life on the Cape City Delight celebration in South Africa on Saturday. [Esa Alexander / Reuters]
4-year-old Maëlis Kouakou attire up for Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. [Luc Gnago / Reuters]
The youngsters’s parade will get going on the Luanda Carnival in Angola on Saturday… [Marco Longari / AFP]
The theme for this yr’s carnival is 50 years of Angolan independence. [Julio Pacheco Ntela / AFP]
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On Tuesday, individuals of African descent prepare for the Carnival of Coyolillo in Mexico. Their dances are described as being much like others present in Mozambique, Mali and Zambia. [Hector Quintanar / Getty Images]
On the identical day in Ibadan, Nigeria, artwork historian and designer Olushola Olajobi exhibits a few of his items constructed from waste merchandise. [Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA]
The subsequent day in Lagos, designer Florentina Agu shows a few of her creations. [Olympia de Maismont / AFP]
Days earlier in the identical metropolis, Omobolaji Oyeleye, who runs a personal safety firm, stands on the gates at one among her work websites within the upmarket Ikoyi suburb. [Olympia de Maismont / AFP]
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On Monday, motorbike taxi drivers in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, protest in opposition to the brand new ban on all motorbike transport within the metropolis. [Abdul Bah Jalanzo / EPA]
Namibians pay their respects to the nation’s first president, Sam Nujoma, earlier than his burial on Saturday. [Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters]
On the identical day, a well-wisher draped within the Congolese flag prays for the well being of Pope Francis within the Italian capital, Rome. [Tiziana Fabi / AFP]
In Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Catholic worshippers mark Ash Wednesday. [Simon Maina / AFP]
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A lady joins night prayers in South Africa’s Gauteng province on Sunday, the primary day of the holy month of Ramadan. [Robert Ciuccio / AFP]
That night after sunset at Senegal’s well-known Massalikoul Djinane mosque, Muslims break their quick on the first iftar dinner of Ramadan. [Cem Ozdel / Getty Images]
At dawn on Thursday, canoeists glide throughout the Emmarentia Dam in Johannesburg, South Africa. [Kim Ludbrook / EPA]
And at The Gambia’s Bijilo Forest Park on Wednesday, a curious pink colobus monkey friends on the digicam. [Cem Ozdel / Getty Images]
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From the BBC in Africa this week:
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