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Africa's week in pictures: 25-31 March 2022

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:

News imageEPA Maasai Kenyan women smiling as they take part in a climate strike. They are wearing their traditional clothingEPA
On Friday in Magadi, Kajiado, Kenya, these Maasai women take to the shade during the 10th global Fridays for Future climate strike, which was sparked by teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in 2018.
News imageAFP A dancer posing in Cape Town. She is outside standing in what looks like a field in front of a colourful cable home.AFP
On the same day in Cape Town, South Africa, a dancer poses for a picture at a circus in Muizenberg.
News image Getty Images Two women at the "Bridgerton Affair" party smiling for a selfie. One of the women in wearing a crown and an elaborate pink dress. The other woman is dresses in a white outfit. Getty Images
There is glitz and glamour in Johannesburg on Saturday as guests take snaps at a party to celebrate the second season of Netfix's hit show Bridgerton...
News imageGetty Images Two women at the "Bridgerton Affair" party hugging. They are both dressed up in party clothes and wearing headwraps. One of the women looks very happy and is smiling widely.Getty Images
Meanwhile these two women warmly embrace at the same event.
News imageGetty Images Women walk past a market stall with lit up lanterns. The stall area looks quite crowded.Getty Images
On Sunday in Cairo, this Egyptian market stall is lit up with lanterns for people to buy to decorate their homes with during the forthcoming month of Ramadan...
News imageGetty Images A market seller in Sudan sitting down. There are vegetables to his left and right.Getty Images
There are more pre-Ramadan scenes in Khartoum, Sudan, on Thursday as this man sells his vegetables to people buying food supplies ahead of the Islamic fasting month.
News imageGetty Images A young Egyptian fan crying as he watched the Senegal vs Egypt World Cup qualifying match. His hands are over his mouth in a scene of high emotionGetty Images
Back in Cairo, there are tears on Tuesday as an Egyptian boy watches the World Cup qualifying match between Egypt and Senegal, which saw Senegal go through...
News imageAFP Senegalese football fans painted in the national colours.AFP
These Senegalese fans cheer on their side painted in the country's national colours...
News imageReuters Nigerian football fan cheeringReuters
Over in Abuja, this woman celebrates during the Nigeria-Ghana match, nicknamed the "Jollof derby"...
News imageAFP Ghana's Osman Bukari on his knees celebrating on the pitch after Ghana qualified for the World CupAFP
But Ghana go through to the World Cup finals in Qatar on away goals, with the Black Stars' Osman Bukari celebrating on the pitch.
News imageAFP Men with camels walk past competitors at the Marathon des Sables. There is desert behind them.AFP
There are more sporting activities in the Moroccan Sahara desert on Monday as two men walk their camels past Marathon des Sables participants.
News imageGetty Images The Nigerian filmaker Onyeka Nwelue, posing for a photo on the street. He is wearing elaborate robes and sandals.Getty Images
On Wednesday Nigerian filmaker and writer Onyeka Nwelue attends the Financial Times' Weekend Oxford Literary Festival in the UK...
News imageGetty Images People looking at books on a book shelf.Getty Images
There are more book lovers in Algiers on Friday as people attend the 25th International Book Fair which had been postponed for two years due to Covid-19.
News imageGetty Images Children at a water pump washing themselvesGetty Images
On the same day in Ethiopia, these children are cleaning themselves off in Afdera, at a site for internally displaced people...
News imageGetty Images A woman, two young women and a child stare into the camera. They are wearing matching red.Getty Images
At the same site a woman and three young people stare into the camera.
News imageReuters Two men standing on a rock. It is getting dark. You can just see their silhouettes.Reuters
On Wednesday, as night falls in Karamoja, Uganda, these Karamojong tribesmen stand on a rock.

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