A collection of the week’s finest images from throughout the African continent and past:
A contestant warms up on stage on Sunday in preparation for a slap combating match in Kagiso township, west of South Africa’s principal metropolis, Johannesburg… [James Oatway / Reuters]
In the true combat, a penalty is awarded each time the individual being slapped flinches. [James Oatway / Reuters]
Additionally on Sunday, a person in a fancy dress and masks is surrounded by spectators at a pageant in Benin’s capital, Porto-Novo… [ Yanick Folly / AFP]
Dozens of individuals sporting masks in several kinds parade via the streets in the course of the Porto-Novo Masks Pageant. [ Yanick Folly / AFP]
On Tuesday, a cat and her kittens are fed and petted by folks dwelling in a slum in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. [Gerald Anderson / Getty Images]
The subsequent day, Egypt’s inventive Olympic swimming staff wows spectators with daring aquatic tumbles and tosses – however the staff solely manages to get tenth spot on the Paris Video games. [Amin Mohammad Jamali / Getty Images]
The sound of Malawi’s navy band fills the streets of the capital, Lilongwe, on Friday to mark the start of the election interval forward of elections subsequent 12 months. [Amos Gumulira / AFP]
China’s armed forces make a visitor look at Ivory Coast’s sixty fourth independence parade on Wednesday within the resort city Grand-Bassam, 42km (26 miles) east of the primary metropolis, Abidjan. [ Sia Kambou / AFP]
On Saturday night, Iraqi crooner Kadim al-Sahir performs on the Worldwide Pageant of Carthage on the outskirts of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. [ Fethi Belaid / AFP]
Earlier on Saturday in Kibati city within the japanese Democratic Republic of Congo, wreaths are laid for seven victims of a bombing on 15 July… [ Moise Kasereka / EPA]
A mourner is overcome by emotion on the ceremony. [ Moise Kasereka / EPA]
On Monday, the Worldwide Pizza Pageant takes place in Algeria’s capital, Algiers, the place 50 rivals vie for the highest three spots. [Billel Bensalem / Getty Images]
The subsequent day, Algeria’s Olympic boxer Imane Khelif goes via to the gold medal combat after she defeats Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng. [Aytac Unal / Getty Images]
Again in her residence village of Biban Mesbah, the Algerian welterweight’s followers have a good time her victory. [Hamza Zait / Getty Images]
From the BBC in Africa this week:
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