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In_pictures Africa’s week in pictures: 10-16 April 2020
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A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent:
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A man covered in smoke helps fumigate parts of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday as part of ongoing efforts to disinfect public places to stop the spread of coronavirus…
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Streets, market stalls and other surfaces are being disinfected.
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On the same day there is a sandstorm in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, but this motorcycle rider soldiers on.
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An Ivorian sculptor carves a mask in Grand-Bassam on Tuesday, a day before World Art Day.
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It is a different kind of sculpting on Monday in the Grand Egyptian Musuem, where an archaeologist helps restore the golden sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
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On the streets of Cairo, Egyptian clown Ahmed Naser, wearing a face mask, helps children to put on theirs.
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The Cuban flag flutters as a delegation of doctors pose for a picture on Friday after arriving in the Angolan capital, Luanda, to help the country fight coronavirus.
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Men and horse take a wash on Saturday in Senegal, hours before a coronavirus curfew kicks in…
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On the beach, this man prefers a dry leisurely walk with his dog.
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Get set, go… People exercise in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, where the highway is devoid of traffic on Monday because of a lockdown in the state to halt the spread of coronavirus.
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On Sunday, founder of the Akamasoa association, Father Pedro, conducts the traditional great mass celebrating Easter in a granite quarry in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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This parishioner in Zimbabwe prays outside a closed church as there is a 21-day nationwide lockdown to curtail the spread of the coronavirus disease.
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A group of homeless men in South Africa take in the last of Thursday’s daylight before seeking a place to sleep. The country is also in lockdown.
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