A selection of photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week:
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On Saturday South Africa’s national rugby team, in green, tackle their way through to victory against England…
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…to win the rugby world cup 32-12.
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Amid the post-match buzz scrum-half Faf de Kerk meets Prince Harry in his underwear…
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…it becomes such a phenomenon that fans greet the team in their underwear during the bus parade on Thursday.
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In Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, on Sunday, a motorcyclist entertains the spectators on the last day of the 10-day Tour du Faso cycling race.
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Special sesame snaps for next week’s celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday are being prepared on Saturday by a sweet maker in Egypt’s capital, Cairo.
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South Sudan has been hit hard by flooding and on Wednesday a photographer in Pibor catches a young woman wading through the water.
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And the winner is…. Geoffrey Kamworor from Kenya, who swoops to victory in the New York City Marathon on Sunday…
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…while the man in third-place, Ethiopia’s Girma Bekele Gebre, makes a more dramatic finish.
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On Friday, Algeria’s regular protest to demand regime change is particularly big on the anniversary of the war that saw Algeria win independence from France…
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…one cause protesters are shouting about on the streets is that of Lakhdar Bouregaa, seen on this mask, a well-known war veteran who has been banned from protesting.
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In Guinea’s capital, Conakry, on Monday a fire is started at the funeral of a protester who was killed during a demonstration against the possibility of President Alpha Condé running for a third term.
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On the same day, in a camp for displaced people in Darfur, Sudan, a child looks on as the prime minister visits.
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But nearby the same camp in El-Fasher, North Darfur state, two women on donkeys have other things on their minds.
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And the sun sets on the Moroccan Sahara on Friday.
Pictures from AFP, Getty Images, Nur Photo and Anadolu Agency