Africa in pictures: 15-21 May 2015

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A selection of photos from around Africa this week:

Luanda's popular beachfront area is seen through a window of a building in Angola's capital, in this picture taken on Friday 15 May 2015Image source, Reuters
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Luanda's popular beachfront area is seen through a window of a building in Angola's capital on Friday.

Ghana actress Yvonne Nelson, third left, walks with others as they protest against power cuts in Accra, Ghana - Saturday 16 May 2015Image source, AP
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The next day, Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson dons a floppy hat and holds an paraffin lamp as she leads a protest against power cuts in Ghana's capital, Accra.

Ugandan pop singer Jemimah Kansiime poses in Kampala, Uganda - Sunday 17 April 2015Image source, AFP
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Ugandan singer Jemimah Kansiime, aka "Panadol wa bassajja" (medicine for men), poses on Sunday ahead her court appearances this week on pornography charges in relation to a music video. Her case has been adjourned to 9 July.

A Djiboutian woman shops for vegetables in a market in Djibouti on Monday 18 May 2015Image source, AP
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Here we see a woman a shopping for fruit and vegetables in a street market in Djibouti City, the capital of Djibouti, on Monday.

An employee poses with a work of art by Nigerian artist Benedict Enwonwu entitled Anyanwu simplified as part of the 2015 edition of the Africa Now - Modern Africa sale, at Bonhams auction house in London on 18 May 2015Image source, AFP
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In an entirely different marketplace, a sculpture by late Nigerian artist Benedict Enwonwu is pictured on the same day. It sold later in the week for £74,500 ($115,570) at auction in London.

Policemen drive past in a salon car as they take part in a parade to mark the 24th self-declared independence day for the breakaway Somaliland nation from Somalia in capital Hargeisa, 18 May 2015Image source, Reuters
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A painted police car takes part in a parade to mark the 24th self-declared independence day for Somaliland on Monday...

A man with body paint in the colours of the national flag participates in a street parade to celebrate the 24th self-declared independence day for the breakaway Somaliland nation from Somalia in capital Hargeisa - 18 May 2015Image source, Reuters
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People in the capital, Hargeisa, dress up to celebrate the occasion. Somaliland broke away from Somalia after the overthrow of Somali President Siad Barre in 1991...

A man prepares to remove bundles of local currency from the trunk of a truck in Hargeisa, Somaliland - 19 May 2015Image source, Reuters
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The next day, a man in Hargeisa moves bundles of Somaliland shilling notes near a bureau de change where $100 is exchanged for about 750,000 shillings.

A woman holding a baby walks past a poster with information about cholera at a hospital in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya - 20 May 2015Image source, AFP
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On Wednesday, a woman walks past a cholera poster in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. At least 65 people have died of water-borne disease in a nearly five months, according to local officials.

(L-R) Actress Kidist Siyum, actor Rediat Amare and director Yared Zeleke attend a photo call for Lamb during the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France - 20 May 2015Image source, Getty Images
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On the same day, Ethiopian director Yared Zeleke kisses actor Rediat Amare at the photo call for his film Lamb at Cannes Film Festival in France.

A South African woman walks past street art on a house in Woodstock, Cape Town on Thursday 21 May 2015Image source, EPA
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And in the South African city of Cape Town, which boasts a diverse collection of street art, this painted house is snapped on Thursday.

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