A selection of the photos from across Africa this week:
Members of the Ethiopian church hold up bees-wax candles as they celebrate "Meskel", the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, at a monastery in Jerusalem on Sunday.
Four days later, a pupil wears her hair braided in the national colours of green and white in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, to celebrate 55 years of independence...
On Saturday, these children attend a festival in the northern city of Katsina to celebrate the heritage of the Hausa ethnic group...
The highlight of the festival is a parade of horsemen.
Members of Ivorian hip-hop band Kiff No beat perform at a concert in Guinea's capital, Conakry, on Saturday. The concert was held to celebrate Guinea reaching the final stages of the battle against Ebola.
On Tuesday, Egyptians enjoy themselves at a waterfall in Wadi El-Rayan, a protected nature reserve south-west of Cairo...
This young man jumps into the waterfall, as he enjoys the last of the summer vacation, with the academic year for universities starting next week.
On Thursday, supporters of Tanzania's prime minister and presidential candidate Edward Lowassa climb trees to see him as he speaks at a campaign rally in Dar es Salaam ahead of the 25 October election.
On Tuesday, wildebeest are shrouded in dust as they run towards a river in Kenya's world famous Masai Mara National Reserve. Every year, hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebras migrate between Tanzania's Serengeti and the Masai Mara.
On Sunday, two men are silhouetted as they walk towards the setting sun in Zimbabwe's Hwange national park.
The next day, the moon is partially covered by the Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse seen from Cape Town.
On Tuesday, a boat of the Libyan coast guard carries out a patrol in an attempt to deter people, many of them fleeing conflict, from trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
