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In_pictures Africa’s week in pictures: 7-13 February 2020
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A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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A girl holds her falcon during a desert competition for birds of prey on the outskirts of Egypt’s capital, Cairo, on Friday.
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Spanish actress Victoria Abril, in Egypt for the Aswan International Women Film Festival, dances on Tuesday at the Temple of Philae on Tuesday.
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The next day, a tourist takes a selfie at a Nubian village near Egypt’s Aswan Dam.
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A new mural attracts attention near Egypt’s embassy in Rome showing Italian student Giulio Regeni, who was murdered in Egypt in 2016, embracing Patrick George Zaky, an activist who was arrested in Cairo last week.
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On Friday, Pope Francis greets Egypt’s Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak during an audience at the Vatican.
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On Saturday, Malians take pictures of each other on the banks of the River Niger as they attend an arts festival in Segou.
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Young Libyans walk along a beach at sunset in the capital, Tripoli, on Monday…
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On the same day, two African migrants on board a Spanish rescue boat in the Mediterranean, watch a new group of migrants waiting to be rescued…
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Some of those already rescued, by the Aita Mari crew in international waters off Libya, rest on Sunday after their ordeal.
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Ethiopian acrobats from the African Dream Circus perform in Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, on Saturday.
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A man holds up a locust he has caught and intends to eat on Tuesday in eastern Uganda, where soldiers have been deployed to fight an infestation.
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One of the last street watchmakers in Ivory Coast is pictured at work in Abidjan on Wednesday.
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Moroccan women attend a big demonstration on Sunday against the US Middle East peace plan in the capital, Rabat.
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Well-wishers in South Africa wave to Miss Universe on Thursday as she parades through Johannesburg on an open-topped bus…
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Zozibini Tunzi, who won the Miss Universe title in December, arrived home earlier in the week and is touring the country.
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A man pierces someone taking part in the Thaipoosam Kavady festival, dedicated to the Hindu god of war, near the South African city of Durban on Saturday.
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It’s pretty in pink for South Africa’s cricketers on Sunday as they huddle together during their match on Sunday against England.
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And South African Comedian Trevor Noah is also in pink for a celebrity doubles match on Friday. He and Rafael Nadal lost to Roger Federer and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
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