Finery and frailty: Africa's top shots

    • Author, Natasha Booty
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:

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Image caption, The Cape Town International Kite Festival draws enthusiasts to this beach in South Africa on Tuesday.

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Image caption, The next day in Nigeria, models take part in a so-called Trashion Show...

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Image caption, The showcase in Lagos is run by an environmental group.

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Image caption, On Tuesday, an Algerian Sahrawi woman proudly showcases her jewellery at the National Cultural Festival of Women's Creativity in Algiers.

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Image caption, In Madagascar on Friday this endangered native bird - known as the short-legged ground roller - feasts on a pimple-nose chameleon and lives to see another day.

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Image caption, Cameroon's Ruben Sodea vaults into the air at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Indonesia on Monday.

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Image caption, Senegal's fiercely competitive canoe races off the coast of Dakar are a yearly attraction. Saturday's regatta once again attracted cheering crowds.

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Image caption, Later that day in Nigeria, clubbers enjoy Lagos' buzzing nightlife...

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Image caption, This club in the Ikoyi neighbourhood features cabaret.

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Image caption, Grand-Bassam in Ivory Coast once again plays host to the Abissa festival on Saturday...

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Image caption, Making a grand entrance was Nanan Awoulae Desire Amon Tanoe. He is king of the N'Zima people of Grand Bassam, and president of Ivory Coast's chamber of kings and traditional chiefs.

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Image caption, Model-turned-actress Anyier Anei smiles at the premier of her debut film, Couture, in Italy on Friday. The South Sudanese newcomer stars alongside Angelina Jolie.

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Image caption, Campaign billboards for former-First Lady Simone Ehivet Gbagbo are posted around Abidjan ahead of Saturday's presidential election in Ivory Coast.

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Image caption, Protesters in Gabes, southern Tunisia, say a local chemical factory is causing them health issues and must be shut down.

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Image caption, On Tuesday, opposition protesters barricade roads in the northern Cameroonian city of Garoua, accusing the ruling party of rigging elections to keep 92-year-old President Biya in power. It has denied any wrongdoing. Official results are to be announced on Monday.

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Image caption, And on Friday, boys play with a mobile phone in Madagascar's coastal city of Toliara.

From the BBC in Africa this week:

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