A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent.
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On Saturday, Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya aims high in his UFC light heavyweight championship fight against Poland’s Jan Blachowicz in Las Vegas.
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On the same day over in Tunisia’s capital Tunis restarateur Ahmed Hergal makes a pizza topped with edible gold leaf for an eye-watering $360 (£276).
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On Wednesday, a student protester stops traffic in Johannesburg, South Africa…
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Police use rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas against the protesters and one passer-by is killed…
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The protesters are demanding a change in financial aid after students whose fees were in arrears were refused entry into the next academic year.
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Algerians clash with police in the capital, Algiers, on Monday. Protesters in the long-running Hirak movement are demanding everyone from the old ruling elite step down from power.
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On the same day in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, the armed forces put on a show of strength after several opposition protests…
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Supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko are angered that he has been charged with rape – a charge they say is trumped up to stop him from running for president…
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During the protests people targeted French-owned businesses, including this Auchan supermarket in Dakar pictured on Saturday.
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International Women’s Day is celebrated by community organisations in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Monday.
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A man looks on as another tries to unblock a gutter on Friday in the Moroccan town of Fnideq after stormy weather.
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And on Wednesday a hawker in the Nigerian city of Lagos tries to sell hats to protesters opposing calls to reduce the country’s minimum wage set at ($65; £45) a month.
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