Ping pong prowess to Red Sea bubbles: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
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World-renowned South African artist Breeze Yoko stands in front of his newly created mural in the English town of Margate on Wednesday. A local group teamed up with him to make murals ahead of the town’s annual soul festival.
Jung Yeon-Je / AFP
Senegal’s table tennis star Ibrahima Diaw has his eyes on the ball as he serves to Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Tinga at the Paris Olympics on Monday. He lost 4-3.
Amanuel Sileshi / AFP
On Saturday, a group of men play foosball, or table football, in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters
On Monday, South African swimmer Tatjana Smith dives into the Olympic pool in Paris hoping to win the 100m breastroke….
Evgenia Novozhenina / Reuters
She wins the race for her country in an emotional victory.
Mustafa Yalcin / Getty Images
And the taste of success is sweet as she bites into her Olympic gold medal.
Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP
With banners and megaphones in hand, Nigerians take to the streets of Lagos to protest against the high cost of living on Thursday.
Paul Botes / AFP
On Sunday, the sound of sweet harmony fills the University of South Africa in the capital, Pretoria, as US conductor William Eddins directs the Africa United Youth Orchestra at a rehearsal.
Issouf Sanogo / AFP
In Ivory Coast a woodcutter chops logs at the Abobodoume beach on Tuesday.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
On the same day, a young girl cools off under a water fountain amid a heatwave in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Hurghada…
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
While other children use bubbles to fend off the heat.
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Amanuel Sileshi / AFP
Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters 
Evgenia Novozhenina / Reuters
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Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP
Paul Botes / AFP
Issouf Sanogo / AFP
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
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